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Definition of Slate roof
1. Noun. A roof covered with slate.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slate Roof
Literary usage of Slate roof
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1905)
"Cool thus, with sandstone roof: Coal 24, slate 16, coal 21, slate 3, ooal 4.
Total of bed, 68 inches. 4. Interval, 161 feet. 5. Coal with slate roof thus: ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"While the slate roof was being put on, the material and workmanship were likewise
inspected from time to time by the building committee, and, ..."
3. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1884)
"Four shillings per quarter was the charge for THE SLATE-ROOF HOUSE.1 those who
were taught to read English; six shillings, when reading and writing were ..."
4. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1884)
"Four shillings per quarter was the charge for THE SLATE-ROOF HOUSE.1 those who
were taught to read English; six shillings, when reading and writing were ..."
5. A History of the United States for Schools by John Fiske, Frank Alpine Hill (1894)
"... SLATE-ROOF HOUSE.l Of all the colonies, this was the only one that had no
seacoast, and as Penn wanted free access to the ocean, he secured from the ..."
6. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1861)
"A slate roof is not only as easily laid as shingles, but will last longer than
... This slate roof was adopted after a great deal of inquiry and experiment. ..."