Category:Shingle

Shin"gle, n. Etym: [prob. from norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, Small round stones.] (geol.)

Defn: round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a Collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and Elsewhere.

Shingle Shin"gle, n. Etym: [oe. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; Cf. scindere to cleave, to split, e. shed, v.t., Gr.

1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end Thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially Roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row Below. I reached st. Asaph,. . . where there is a very poor cathedral Church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [jocose, u. S.] Shingle oak (bot.), a kind of oak (quercus Imbricaria) used in the western states for making shingles.

Shingle Shin"gle, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling.]

1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.

2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the Head, as shingles on a roof.

Shingle Shin"gle, v. t.

Defn: to subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from The pudding furnace.