ceil

[ seel ]

/ sil /

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verb (used with object)

to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.

to provide with a ceiling.

Nearby words

ceftizoxime sodium, ceftriaxone sodium, cegb, ceiba, ceiba, la, ceil, ceilidh, ceiling, ceilometer, ceinture, cel

Origin of ceil

1400–50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?

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Examples from the Web for ceiled

It was ceiled in dark yellow pine, with figured denim on the walls.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece|W. E. B. Du Bois
With all our ceiled houses, let us not forget our grandmothers kitchens!
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Great Hall, as it was called, had best withstood the ravages of time, as it was wainscoted and ceiled in massive old oak.
Patty's Friends|Carolyn Wells
The children stared at the ceiled arch overhead, and wondered if it would cave in while they had to wait for a train.
The Little Washingtons' Travels|Lillian Elizabeth Roy

The walls were ceiled with a wood that gleamed like gold in the candle-light, and gave out a faint scent of the forest.
Black Oxen|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for ceiled

ceil

/ (siːl) /

verb (tr)

to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc

to provide with a ceiling

Word Origin for ceil

C15 celen, perhaps back formation from ceiling

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ceil

verb (used with object)

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Origin of ceil

Examples from the Web for ceiled

British Dictionary definitions for ceiled

ceil

verb (tr)

Word Origin for ceil