The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
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(Arch.)
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
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(Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
Usage examples of "ceiling boards".
When the roof is stepped on the tiny movements in the ceiling boards, and the pressures, release the peas.
At each end of the ceiling boards was a cleat, previously attached at the surface, which kept the wall boards from falling in after being set in place.
When their plan was perfected, Cudjo and Rutak huddled for hours with their lips close to the ceiling boards, instructing the men and women above them.
Abram stared curiously up into the rough ceiling boards, scratched his beard, and once again looked her in the eye.
She gave the landscape a moment's consideration, then turned her attention to the porch on which she stood-to its eaves and railings, its fitted ceiling boards, and its worn, tongue-and-groove wooden flooring.
There were only the familiar ceiling boards, fly-tracked and buckling from the heat.