ceils

Updated: May 7, 2025

The Provost's tenement, of all the lesser houses in the burgh, was the only one that stood in its outer entirety, its arched ceils proof against the malevolent fire. Yet its windows gaped black and empty. The tide was in close on the breast-wall behind, and the sound of it came up and moaned in the close like the sough of a sea-shell held against the ear.

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn