A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 289
es of baked clay used to coverroofs. In this country there are but two kinds of tilesin ordinary use, plain tiles and pan-tiles: the former ofthese, which are byfar the commonest, areperfectly flat, the latterare curved, so thatwhen laid upon a roof panTues.each tile overlaps the edge of the next… … Thimble, Sixteenth century. Tie-beam. In a roof-truss, abeam which rests on the wallsand extends completely across.It was anciently termed roof- beam, chamber-beam, binding-beam, footing-beam, and foot-ing-dormant. extensively employed in this country for covering Build-ings, though they seem…
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