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

"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

He could not wait until it reached the dry beach, but plashed through the waves, caught it in his arms, and carried it in triumph to the shingly ridge above the sands.

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Broad expanses of shingle, trees half-buried, and a number of wide shingly water-channels witness to the destructiveness of this stream.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Then turning the flank of a steep ascent, they reached the foot of a shingly scree, and sat down to lunch in the warm sunshine, where the wind was cut off by the peak above.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold