tiling
Origin of tiling
tile
- a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- any of various similar slabs or pieces, as of linoleum, stone, rubber, or metal.
- tiles collectively.
- a pottery tube or pipe used for draining land.
- Also called hollow tile. any of various hollow or cellular units of burnt clay or other materials, as gypsum or cinder concrete, for building walls, partitions, floors, and roofs, or for fireproofing steelwork or the like.
- Informal. a stiff hat or high silk hat.
- to cover with or as with tiles.
Origin of tile
Related Words for tiling
tile, carpet, woodwork, linoleum, carpeting, tiling, parquet, surface, brick, gravel, tar, flagstone, cobblestone, macadamizeExamples from the Web for tiling
Contemporary Examples of tiling
Their famous blue glaze, at least, is right there in the tiling of the fountain in the shot.
Historical Examples of tiling
The towers are paved with tiling, which, at a distance, looks like marble.
A Five Years' Residence in Buenos AyresGeorge Thomas Love
Tiling is the cleanest of all floorings, but is very fatiguing to the worker.
Foods and Household ManagementHelen Kinne
All the glass in the chapter-house is modern, and also the tiling.
The Cathedrals of Great BritainP. H. Ditchfield
It was piled high up with tiling and drain-pipe, packed with straw.
The Other GirlsMrs. A. D. T. Whitney
An Ass climbed up to the roof of a building, and, frisking about there, broke in the tiling.
Aesop's FablesAesop
tiling
- tiles collectively
- something made of or surfaced with tiles
tile
- a flat thin slab of fired clay, rubber, linoleum, etc, usually square or rectangular and sometimes ornamental, used with others to cover a roof, floor, wall, etcRelated adjective: tegular
- a short pipe made of earthenware, concrete, or plastic, used with others to form a drain
- tiles collectively
- a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
- British old-fashioned, slang a hat
- on the tiles informal on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
- (tr) to cover with tiles
Word Origin for tile
Word Origin and History for tiling
tile
Old English tigele "roofing shingle," from West Germanic *tegala (cf. Old High German ziagal, German ziegel, Dutch tegel, Old Norse tigl), a borrowing from Latin tegula "tile" (cf. Italian tegola, French tuile), from tegere "roof, to cover" (see stegosaurus). Also used in Old English and early Middle English for "brick," before that word came into use. The verb meaning "to cover with tiles" is recorded from late 14c.