{i} thin piece of wood stone or other material laid in overlapping rows on a roof or wall; small smooth stones on beaches and shores; short hairstyle for women; small signboard (especially one placed at the entrance to a doctor or lawyer's office)
(1) individual unit of prepared roofing material designed for installation with similar units in overlapping rows or courses on inclines normally exceeding 3: 12 slope (25%); (2) to cover with shingles; (3) to apply any roofing material in succeeding overlapping rows or courses similar to shingles
A unit composed of wood, cement, asphalt compound, slate, tile or the like, employed in an overlapping series to cover roofs and walls
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
(1) A single piece of prepared roofing material, either asphalt or wood, for use in steep slope roof systems (2) To install a wood or asphalt shingle roof system
A loose term for coarse beach material, a mixture of GRAVEL, PEBBLES and larger material, often well-rounded and of hard rock, e g chert, flint, etc
a small unit of prepared material designed for overlapping installation on inclined roofs
Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river. a beach of sand and shingle