- Quercus imbricaria
- Shingle Shin"gle, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula,
scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t.,
Gr. ???, ???, shingle, ??? to slit.]
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.
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I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
{Shingle oak} (Bot.), a kind of oak ({Quercus imbricaria}) used in the Western States for making shingles. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
