close-tiled
English
Adjective
close-tiled (not comparable)
- (freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.
- (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."