| 单词 |
galley-tile |
| 释义 |
† galley-tile Obs. Forms: 7 galletyle, gallietile, 8 gall(e)ytile. [f. galley n. + tile n.: see gallipot.] A glazed tile used for wall-decoration. Also collect., the material of which these are made.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey 4 Gallie and Thacke Tiles. a1626Bacon Wks. (1857) III. 804 It is to be known of what stuff galletyle is made, and how the colours in it are varied. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. xiv, The little square Tiles we call Galley-Tiles in England, all made of the finest China. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. II. v. xv. 240 Making Gally paving Tiles and Vessels for Apothecaries. 1768Cook First Voy. i. i. in Hawksworth Voy. 1773 II. 8 The other side is divided into wards, each of which is..neatly lined with gally-tiles. |

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