SHINGLING
shingling
(noun) the laying on of shingles; “shingling is a craft very different from carpentry”
shingling
(noun) (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
shingling
present participle of shingle
Noun
shingling (plural shinglings)
The act of covering with shingles.
Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
Source: Wiktionary
Shin"gling, n.
1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a
covering made of shingles.
2. (Metal)
Definition: The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by
hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shingling
hammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling
puddled iron.
– Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.
SHINGLE
Shin"gle, n. Etym: [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel,
small round stones.] (Geol.)
Definition: Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a
collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and
elsewhere.
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.
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.
Shin"gle, v. t.
Definition: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from
the pudding furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition