Tiling and Patchwork

noun

• The application of tiles to cover a surface.

verb

• Cover with tiles.
  • usage: "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
  • synonyms: tile

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Tile.
• (n.) Tiles, collectively.
• (n.) A surface covered with tiles or composed of tiles.

noun

• A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
  • synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble
• A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
  • synonyms: patchwork quilt
• Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern. .

(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, especially pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.