单词 | plain tiling |
释义 | plain tilingn. The action or method of covering a roof with plain tiles; (also) roofing made of plain tiles; plain tiles collectively. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > tiling, slating, or shingling tilingc1440 slatting1532 slating1572 plain tiling1703 shingling1703 pantilingc1738 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 286 In some places Weather-tyling is done at the same Price as other plain Tyling. c1738 in E. B. Jupp Carpenters' Co. (1887) 567 To do the new plain tyleing att £1. 6. 0 per square, and the Pan tyleing att 18s. per square. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 550 A square of plain tiling will require a bundle of laths. 1874 Manufacturer & Builder Mar. 66/1 Anderson, Merchant & Co., of 244 Pearl street, this city, have just laid 2,700 feet of encaustic and plain tiling in St. Mary's church. 1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) i. iv. 75 Down the sides of the chimney stack soakers are fitted between each course if plain tiling or slating is being used as the roof covering. 2000 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (Nexis) 27 Mar. 11 As well as introductory courses focusing on plain tiling, pantiling, slating and dry roofing/ventilation, there will be product installation courses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1703 |
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