shingly

American  

[shing-glee] / ˈʃɪŋ gli /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of shingly

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

Example Sentences

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shingly

"They always come out at the same place. That's where they shout from," Antonio says, pointing across the wide Manu River to a small shingly beach on the other side.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

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.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 2, 2015

Part of the Howe of Fife is light and shingly and covered with heather.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

We were being dragged up on a low shingly shore, and the men—up to their waists in water—were carrying the boat along.

From Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service by Charles James Lever

They are out of doors now, seated on the lawn which stretches down to the shingly beach on which the waves are lisping and rippling.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables