shingly

[shing-glee]

adjective

1. consisting of or covered with small, waterworn stones or pebbles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shingly¹

First recorded in 1765–75; shingle ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

She first tried cold water swimming in September this year, stepping over the shingly sands and into the Thames Estuary.

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Every year, it is washed down from higher up in the mountains and finds its way to bedrock, which, in the case of the Bear River, is a very shingly riverbed.

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The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river.

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The tide was coming in slowly and imperceptibly, and rippling like silver bells on the shingly beach.

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She was there, her hands touched his, she walked beside him up the shingly path.

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