Ceil /(sēl)/

Ceil

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Ceiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling

  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.