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Definition of Roofing tile

1. Noun. A thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roofing Tile

Literary usage of Roofing tile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"Terra cotta tile, manufactured by the Ludowici roofing tile Co., Chicago, 111., ... CEMENT roofing tile.—Cement tile are made of Portland cement and clean, ..."

2. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"Cement roofing tile have been very extensively used for industrial plants. ... Gypsum roofing tile.—Gypsum roofing tile made by the United States Gypsum ..."

3. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"Roofing-tile are made in the following shapes: Shingle-tile, which are perfectly flat, and laid on the roof in the same manner as slate. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"The roofing tile has a considerable antiquity, for its appearance in ... It is probable that the roofing tile was introduced into Greece from the East fully ..."

5. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"roofing tile must be hard, strong, and non- absorptive. They are made by a process similar to that employed for DD 0 Spanish Mission Square Knd Washington ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"The roofing tile has a considerable antiquity, for its appearance in ... It is probable that the roofing tile was introduced into Greece from the East fully ..."

7. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson (1918)
"roofing tile.—For making roofing tile, the clay must not only be plastic, but it must dry and burn without suffering distortion. Considerable care is also ..."

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