ceil Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ceil transitive verb

Etymology

From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. carlum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. hollow.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Ceiled ; present participle & verbal noun Ceiling

Definitions

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.