A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
A small shield used to charge a larger one.
The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
An individual or corporate coat of arms.
The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
A rectangular graphic.
To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
To cover with tiles.