vbl. sb. [f. TILE v. and sb.1 + -ING1.]
1. The action of the verb TILE; the covering (of a roof, etc.) with or as with tiles.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 494/1. Tylynge, of howsys, tegulacio.
1591. Percival, Sp. Dict., Albañería, tiling, Tilers art, Masons craft.
1624. Capt. Smith, Virginia, VI. 209. Free-stone for building, Slate for tyling.
1726. Leoni, Alberti’s Archit., I. 57/1. Another … convenient way of Tiling.
b. Freemasonry. (Usually tyling.) The proper guarding of a lodge.
1888. Pall Mall G., 31 Oct., 7/2. Brother W—— E——, Acting Past Master … deliberately broke the tyling of the lodge, and placed the tyler inside along with the ladies.
2. concr. Work consisting of tiles; the tiles forming the covering of a roof, floor, etc., collectively.
1526. Tindale, Luke v. 19. They went vp … and lett hym doune thorowe the tylynge.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 61. Churches … their outside tyling, pargetted with azure stones.
1694. trans. Marten’s Voy. Spitzbergen, in Acc. Sev. Late Voy., II. 135. The Head of the Whale … goeth down sloaping like unto the tyling of an House.
1725. Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v., Building, Tiling is measured by ten Foot Square…. Three Bushels of Lime will do a Square of Tiling.
1883. Mrs. Bishop, Sk. Malay Pen., ii., in Leisure Hour, 21/2. Dutch tiling and Dutch … conceits of all kinds abound.
3. attrib.
1703. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 248. A Tyling Trowel, to take up the Morter and lay it on the Tiles.
1765. Museum Rust., IV. 80. Tiling lath, 2 s. 10 d. per bunch.
1907. Westm. Gaz., 1 Oct., 7/3. Two shillingsworth of cement and sand would be … required for a yard of tiling-work.
