Ceil Definition
sēl
ceils
verb
To build a ceiling in or over.
Webster's New World
To provide (a ship) with interior planking or lining.
American Heritage
To cover (the ceiling or walls of a room) with plaster or thin boards.
Webster's New World
noun
(poetic) A ceiling.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ceil
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Middle English celen probably from Old French celer from Latin caelāre to carve from caelum chisel Caelum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.
From Wiktionary
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin celare (“to hide”).
From Wiktionary
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