ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
† 1. Having the interior (roof or walls) overlaid or lined with wood, etc.; wainscoted. Obs. exc. Naut.; see CEIL v. 4.
1539. Bible (Taverner), Haggai i. 4. Ye your selues can fynd tyme to dwell in syled houses, and shall this house lye waste?
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 179. Walles, Som séeld, some hangd.
a. 1617. Hieron, Wks., I. 640. The … large chambers, sieled with ceder, and painted with vermilion.
1611. Bible, Haggai i. 4. Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled [1633 cieled] houses, and this house lie waste?
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., ii. (1854), 20. The entire interior was lined, ceiled, with cork.
2. Having the roof covered or plastered internally, so as to conceal the rafters, etc.; provided with a ceiling.
1872. Bret Harte, Prose & P., I. 159. The dark platform, which led to another low-ceiled room.
1872. Daily News, 3 Oct., 5. The kitchen is a ceiled, papered, and carpeted room.
3. transf. and fig. Covered, overlaid; studded.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, VII. v. (1554), 169 a. With plate of gold cyled, yt shone full shene.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas (1608), 232. The arches starry seeld, Where th’ all-creator hath disposed well The Sun and Moon.
