Answer:
If you spot one of these eastern warriors, they're not doing their job right.
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them.
You can tumble in it, roll in it, burn it, animal eat it. Used to cover floors, still used beyond stall doors. Freshens whatever it is placed on. Absorbs whatever is poured into it.
Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls.
What can be swallowed, but can swallow you?
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?