1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5
2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
CEILING
Ceil"ing, n. Etym: [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
— Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
CEINT
Ceint, n. Etym: [See Cincture.]
Defn: A girdle. [Obs.]
CEINTURE
Cein`ture", n. [F.]
Defn: A cincture, girdle, or belt; — chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.