terracotta

terracotta
1. noun
a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction
made of terracotta

It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils.


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