α. 1700s travers tile, 1700s travers tyle.
β. 1700s travas tyle, 1700s travis tyle.
单词 | travers tile |
释义 | † travers tilen.α. 1700s travers tile, 1700s travers tyle. β. 1700s travas tyle, 1700s travis tyle. Obsolete. A ceramic roof tile of irregular shape (typically being a standard tile with some damage), used in a place where a standard tile cannot be fitted. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > other types of tiles semi-tilea1525 quarrel1601 head1703 travers tile1703 astragal1725 fire tile1798 sole1843 field tile1856 fish-scale tile1881 quarry tile1908 hollow tile1914 tile-and-a-half tile1940 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 273 Travers. These Tyles are (by our common Bricklayers) call'd Travis, or Travas Tyles; but I suppose it should rather be Travers Tyles; for the word Travers is perfect French, signifying Irregularity; these..Travers Tyles are..irregular plain Tyles, viz. Such as have the Pin-holes broken out, or one of the lower Corners broken off. These they lay (with the broken ends upwards) upon Rafters, where pin'd Tyles cannot hang). 1726 R. Neve City & Country Purchaser (ed. 2) at Tiling In some parts of Kent..their tiles are large, and they lath wide, at 8 Inches Gages, and pin but half their Tiles, the other half they lay Travers Tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1703 |
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