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Ceiling vs Skeiling - What's the difference?

ceiling | skeiling |

As nouns the difference between ceiling and skeiling

is that ceiling is the surface that bounds the upper limit of a room while skeiling is a straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof.

As a verb ceiling

is present participle of lang=en.

ceiling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The surface that bounds the upper limit of a room.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceiling ed, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
  • The upper limit of an object or action.
  • (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft may fly.
  • (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
  • (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.

    • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * cathedral ceiling * ceilingward * dropped ceiling * flight ceiling * glass ceiling * hit the ceiling

    Antonyms

    * floor

    Verb

    (head)

    • skeiling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof.

    • Usage notes

    *Seems to be local to Sussex, England. *Also features in properties in Southern England (as "skeiling" or "skilling" depending on the spelling used by local builders) - Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). *Now introduced into Cornish Architecture, originating from Penryn as first point of contact.