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单词 pantile
释义

pantile

[ pan-tahyl ]
/ ˈpænˌtaɪl /
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noun

a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
a tapered, semicylindrical roofing tile laid either convex side up to overlap flanking similar tiles laid concave side up or vice versa.

Origin of pantile

First recorded in 1630–40; pan1 + tile

Words nearby pantile

panther fungus, pantie, pantie girdle, panties, pantihose, pantile, pantisocracy, pant leg, panto, pantofle, pantograph
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Example sentences from the Web for pantile

  • Pantile also means a flat cake with jam on it, given to boys at boarding-schools instead of pudding.

    The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

British Dictionary definitions for pantile

pantile
/ (ˈpænˌtaɪl) /

noun

a roofing tile, with an S-shaped cross section, laid so that the downward curve of one tile overlaps the upward curve of the adjoining tile
a tapering roofing tile with a semicircular cross section, laid alternately so that the convex side of one tile overlaps the concave side of adjoining tiles

Word Origin for pantile

C17: from pan 1 + tile
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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