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Pantile

//ˈpæntʌɪl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.

    "The houses of the estancias shrank behind screens of poplar and eucalyptus. Some of the houses had pantile roofs, but most were of metal sheet, painted red."

  2. 2
    a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap wordnet
  3. 3
    A hat. obsolete, slang

    ""So you are a Quaker, master, are you?" he added, "Well, I thought somehow, by the cut of your pantile, (hat) you was something or other in that way.""

  4. 4
    A flat jam-covered cake. obsolete

    "Of course unlike the officers we never got fresh bread, we got what came from barrels stored in the lower peak and under the steward's padlock. Pantiles baked brick hard, mouldy oats for skilly, dried peas for soup, embalmed pork and beef more fat and bone than meat."

Verb
  1. 1
    To tile with pantiles. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pan + tile.

Etymology 2

From pan + tile.

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