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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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CAMCEIL, Camsile, n. A sloping roof (Slg.³, Arg.¹ 1938; Edb., wm.Sc. 2000s). Also used attrib. with roof. [′kɑmsil, ′kɑmsəil]Arg. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days v.:
She woke at noon among the scented curtains, in linen sea-breeze bleached, under the camceil roof.Lnk. 1925 G. Blake Wild Men xi.:
A shelf of books . . . under the camceil.

Hence camsiled, cam-ceiled, having a sloping roof (Abd., Slg. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.). See also coom-ceiled s.v. Coom, n.²Lnk. 1862 D. Wingate Poems and Songs 118:
Laigh the roof and sair camsiled.Gsw. 1991 Anna Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's 4:
It was a big cottage with cam-ceiled rooms.

Deriv.: cami-ceiling, camesillane, a sloping ceiling, as in an attic room.wm.Sc. 1965 Alan Sharp A Green Tree in Gedde (1985) 40:
... the small room he used, with the cami-ceiling and the skylight ... Ayr. 1732 Hunterston Papers (S.R.S.) 88:
The Silver Spoons are in the same Press as you put up your hand to the Camesillane.