单词 | coom-ceiled |
释义 | > as lemmascoom-ceiled coom-ceiled adj. covered with an arched or vaulted ceiling of plaster: said of a room, in whole or part directly under the roof, as a garret, attic, etc.; cf. camp ceiling n. Hence ˈcoom-ceil v. ΚΠ 1699 Ayr Presbytery Rec. in C. Rogers Social Life in Scotl. (1886) III. 400 Cumseiled, with window cases and boards, glasses, partition walls, and all that is necessary. 1795 in Sc. Leader (1887) 16 Aug. 8 For upwards of ten years..it had nothing but the bare rafters above, but in 1795, it was agreed to have it ‘coomceiled..not for ornament, but for the health of the hearers of the gospel’. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Coom, the wooden frame used in building an arch. 1858 M. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw I. 309 It was a little room..what is called in these regions ‘coomcieled’, which is to say, the roof sloped on one side, being close under the leads. 1879 J. C. Shairp Robert Burns 102 A garret, coom~ceiled, for the female servants. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 422 The last Duchess of Gordon renewed and coomceiled the primitive tabernacle. < as lemmas |
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