King James Bible Dictionary

[GABBATHA]

FLOOR, noun flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.]

1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.

2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.

3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor

4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.

5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.

FLOOR, verb transitive To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

FLOOR'ED, Covered with boards, plank or pavement; furnished with a floor.

FLOOR'ING, participle present tense Laying a floor; furnishing with a floor.

FLOOR'ING, noun

1. A platform; the bottom of a room or building; pavement.

2. Materials for floors.

FLOOR-TIMBERS, noun The timbers on which a floor is laid.