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noun

Geology. a sedimentary structure in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction.

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  1. shiner,
  2. shiner perch,
  3. shingle,
  4. shingle oak,
  5. shingles,
  6. shingly,
  7. shingon,
  8. shining,
  9. shining cuckoo,
  10. shiningly

Origin of shingling

1695–1705, for literal sense; shingle1 + -ing1
Also called imbrication.

shingle

1
[shing-guh l]

noun

a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
a woman's close-cropped haircut.
Informal. a small signboard, especially as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.

verb (used with object), shin·gled, shin·gling.

to cover with shingles, as a roof.
to cut (hair) close to the head.

Origin of shingle

1
1150–1200; Middle English scincle, sc(h)ingle < Medieval Latin scindula lath, shingle (Middle English -g- apparently by association with another unidentified word), Latin scandula (Medieval Latin -i- perhaps by association with Greek schíza lath, splinter, or related words)
Related formsshin·gler, noun

shingle

3
[shing-guh l]

verb (used with object), shin·gled, shin·gling. Metalworking.

to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble.

Origin of shingle

3
1665–75; < French cingler to whip, beat < German zängeln, derivative of Zange tongs
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British Dictionary definitions for shingling

shingle

1

noun

a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall
a woman's short-cropped hairstyle
US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc
a shingle short Australian informal unintelligent or mentally subnormal

verb (tr)

to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles
to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style
Derived Formsshingler, noun

Word Origin for shingle

C12 scingle, from Late Latin scindula a split piece of wood, from Latin scindere to split

shingle

2

noun

coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches
a place or area strewn with shingle
Derived Formsshingly, adjective

Word Origin for shingle

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian singl pebbles, Frisian singel gravel

shingle

3

verb

(tr) metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron

Word Origin for shingle

C17: from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for shingling
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with shingling

shingle

see hang out one's shingle.

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