Usually means: Curved tiles for Roman roofs.
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▸ noun:  (archaeology) A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.

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tegulation, parietal, ostracum, architrave, araeostyle, epistyle, agger, obelisc, stele, Oriol, more...

Phrases:
Imbrex and tegula, more...

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Similar:
tegulation, parietal, ostracum, architrave, araeostyle, epistyle, agger, obelisc, stele, Oriol, more...

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