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ceiled
Example Sentences
Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans; while the ornaments on the pale Parian mantelpiece were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red; and between the windows large mirrors repeated the general blending of snow and fire.
The children stared at the ceiled arch overhead, and wondered if it would cave in while they had to wait for a train.
The room was about twelve feet high, and was ceiled by a circular arched roof, which still remains.
I concluded that this would be the last; that is the first to be put down when the rooms below were being ceiled.
The house was ceiled instead of plastered, and was plainly but comfortably furnished.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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