ceiling
noun
[ ˈsiːlɪŋ ]
• the upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.
• "the books were stacked from floor to ceiling"
• the inside planking of a ship's bottom and sides.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting the action of lining the interior of a room with plaster or panelling): from ceil + -ing1. ceiling (sense 1) dates from the mid 16th century.
ceil
verb
• line or plaster the roof of (a building).
• "the nave has been ceiled in wood"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘line the interior of a room with plaster or panelling’): perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler ‘conceal’.
