Pantile


[pan-tahyl] /ˈpænˌtaɪl/

noun
1.
a roofing straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next .
2.
a tapered, semicylindrical roofing laid either convex side up to overlap flanking similar laid concave side up or vice versa.
/ˈpænˌtaɪl/
noun
1.
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
2.
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

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