A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 283
kropion or kekropeion, but tiieirindication is not perfectly understood. CEIL (v.). ^1. To sheathe internally; toline with plaster, boards, or other thin coating ;especially, in the United States, with a thinsheathing of woo<l, usually in narrow matciiecland beaded strips. B. To provide witli a… … Ceiling of Carved Wood in Naworth Castle, Cu.mberland14th Century. side of a floor ; the material used being alwayssupposed to be a simple and ordinary one.Thus, ceiling is of thin boards or of lath andplaster, but never of tile, nor is the term apjiliedto the surface attorded by tiie solid…
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