tegulare

tegulare [CL tegula+-are; cf. LL tegulatus, tegulatum] 1 to prepare or use as a tile (in quot. p. ppl.). 1535 tenent' ‥ quarinam de lapidibus tegulat' ad fodendum Val. Eccl. II 202b. 2 to cover or construct with tiles or panels; b (absol.). c (p. ppl. as sb. n. pl.) roof. c1192 duos solarios ~atos [cum] mairemio de quercu Cart. Osney I 61; 1236 gistas et planchias ‥ et pressorium et warderobas de camera ~ata hostia et fenestras et mensas BNB III 215; 1245 nullas domos nisi ~atas et securas in ea edificare Reg. S. Aug. 520; 1337 xij solidorum ‥ quos tenebantur annuatim reddere de molendino suo ~ato ChartR 124 m. 21 (18); cujus situm vallavit muro terreo fortissimo, ex materia lignea optime ~ato G. S. Alb. III 445; 1580 pro uno tenemento ibidem teculato Hal. Durh. 196.  b 1276 in stipendiis ij tegulatorum per xvij dies ~antium super aulam et cameram Banstead 307; 1361 Ricardus le M. teylere cepit ‥ pro stipendio suo ad ~andum ‥ vij d. (AncIndict 115) Proc. J. P. 366; 1454 nec illi qui ~ant ponant hujusmodi semytyll Leet Coventry I 279.  c nascitur circa ortos et in viis et super tecta s. teglanta [v. l. ~ata] Alph. 70. 3 to embellish or cover (with repeated design, pattern, or sim.). 1295 casula de quodam panno, Tarsici coloris, ~ata cum pluribus listis de aurifilo contextis Vis. S. Paul. 323.