Definition for CEIL'ING

CEIL'ING, n.

  1. The covering which overlays the inner roof of a building, or the timbers which form the top of a room. This covering may be of boards, or of lath, and plastering. Hence ceiling is used for the upper part of a room.
  2. In ship building, the inside planks of a ship.

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