coctile

adjective

coc·​tile

ˈkäktə̇l,

-ˌtīl

: made by baking or exposing to heat (as a brick)

Now these tiles are of the coctile kind, or which have been baked red like bricks or common red "roofing tiles" …

—Sir Alexander Cunningham, Report for the year 1871–1872, 1874

Word History

Etymology

Latin coctilis, from coctus, past participle of coquere to cook, bake + -ilis -ile

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