Definition of "tile"

Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess‎

Tile - Tile, a Hat.

1865, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Dressed in style, brand-new tile, And your father's old green tie on.

1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song

Thus, when old Doctor Meldrum, with his well-known curly-brimmed opera-hat, appeared upon the platform, there was such a universal query of "Where did you get that tile?" that he hurriedly removed it, and concealed it furtively under his chair.

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton

Some professionals begin tiling a wall by setting a full tile in the most visually prominent corner […]

1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 38