shingling
Americannoun
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the covering of a roof or wall with thin overlapping pieces of wood, slate, etc.
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Also called imbrication. Geology. a sedimentary structure in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction.
Etymology
Origin of shingling
First recorded in 1695–1705, for a literal sense; shingle 1 + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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For presentation, gingerly prop the tofu against the pork, shingling it out slightly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Back east on Cape Cod, where once upon a time my shingling trade migrated, the occasional red cedar roof comes along in the wealthiest of ocean-view neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Top each with two thin slices of ham and the cucumbers, shingling the cucumbers neatly on top of each sandwich.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
Using shingling, we transformed the text of articles in both datasets into a list of tokens, and then turned the list of tokens into a list of n-token sequences called “shingles.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 1458
He heard horses’ hoofs plodding on the road and far-off pounding on wood where a neighbor was shingling a barn.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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