Collins English-English Dictionary

shingle ['ʃɪŋg^əl]

1. 1. n a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall

2. 2. n a woman's short-cropped hairstyle

3. 3. n [US and Canadian] a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc

4. 4. vt. [tr] to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles

5. 5. vt. to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style

6. 6. vt. [Etymology] C12 scingle, from Late Latin scindula a split piece of wood, from Latin scindere to split

shingle ['ʃɪŋg^əl]

1. 1. n coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches

2. 2. n a place or area strewn with shingle

3. 3. n [Etymology] C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian singl pebbles, Frisian singel gravel

shingle ['ʃɪŋg^əl]

1. 1. vt. [tr] [metallurgy] to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron

2. 2. vt. [Etymology] C17: from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum