A ‘pin’ (PIN sb.1 1) or peg of hard wood used to fasten the tiles to the laths of a roof.

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1338.  in Dugdale, Monasticon (1846), II. 585/2. In latthenayles … jd. Item in latthes, j d. … Item in tyelpynnes, ob.

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1422–3.  Abingdon Rolls (Camden), 97. In tyȝlpynnes emptis viij d.

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1426–7.  Rec. St. Mary at Hill, 65. A buschel tyle pynnes viij d.

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1563–4.  in Swayne, Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896), 109. A peck of tylepyns—3d.

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1679.  Moxon, Mech. Exerc., viii. 145. Tile-pins of Oak.

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1825.  J. Nicholson, Operat. Mechanic, 550. A square of plain tiling will require a bundle of laths,… two bushels of lime, one bushel of sand, and a peck of tile-pins.

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