close-tiled

English

Adjective

close-tiled (not comparable)

  1. (freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.
  2. (figurative) In secret; in private.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:
      "I say, young fellah, I hope you don't mind - what? You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."
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