close-tiled

adjective

Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.

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Meanings

adjectiveclose-tiled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFreemasonryOf a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.
  2. figurativelynot comparableIn secret; in private.

    "I say, young fellah, I hope you don't mind - what? You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “close-tiled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-tiled.

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