Definition of: tile

(tīl) noun
1. A thin piece or plate of baked clay, sometimes decorated, used for covering roofs, floors, etc., and as an ornament.
2. A short earthenware pipe, used in forming sewers.
3. Tiles collectively; tiling.
4. Colloq. A high silk hat.
—v.t. tiled, til·ing
1. To cover with tiles.
2. To secure against intrusion; specifically, in Freemasonry, to place the doorkeeper or tiler at the door of (a lodge) to keep out unauthorized persons. [OE tigule, tigele, ult. <L tegula <tegere cover]