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tiling

/ˈtaɪlɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. A covering of tiles. (countable, uncountable) · All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.
  2. The act of applying tiles. (uncountable) · We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.
  3. A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache. (countable, uncountable)

Plural tilings

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AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 33 · B2

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