tiled

[ tahyld ]

adjective

Origin of tiled

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at tile, -ed³

My house being this day almost quite untiled in order to its rising higher.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
The banisters of the stairs were broken; the bedsteads destroyed; the roof partially untiled.
Guy Fawkes | William Harrison Ainsworth
On July 5th, 1775, I again untiled part of a roof over the nest of a swift.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert White
Being surrounded, and the house untiled, they were fired upon from every side; and they still refused quarter.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. | David Hume
We tiled the floors and then untiled them and put down beautiful mental hardwood all over the place.
The Abandoned Farmers | Irvin S. Cobb

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