tilings

as inflooring

Synonyms for tilings

noun floor covering

Word Origin & History

Old English tigele "roofing shingle," from West Germanic *tegala (cf. Old High German ziagal, German ziegel, Dutch tegel, Old Norse tigl), a borrowing from Latin tegula "tile" (cf. Italian tegola, French tuile), from tegere "roof, to cover" (see stegosaurus). Also used in Old English and early Middle English for "brick," before that word came into use. The verb meaning "to cover with tiles" is recorded from late 14c.

Example Sentences for tilings

Obviously we need, of all tilings, to know the actual meanings of these names, but we do not usually know them.

The countrymen were like serfs attached to the land, and spoken of as "tilings" belonging to their masters.

He desires to seek the highest wisdom and to understand the true nature of tilings.'

All at once I had got my trunk unlocked and she ran away with my confirmation coat and all the rest of the tilings.