noun

1. large, coarse, waterworn gravel, as found on a beach
2. an area, as a beach, covered with this

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Norw singel, akin to MDu singele, coastal detritus < ?

noun

1. a thin, wedge-shaped piece of wood, slate, etc. laid with others in a series of overlapping rows as a covering for roofs and the sides of houses
2. ☆ a woman's short haircut in which the hair over the nape is shaped close to the head
3. ☆ Informal a small signboard, esp. that which a physician or lawyer hangs outside his or her office

Etymology: ME schingel, prob. altered < OE scindel, akin to OS scindula < WGmc borrowing < L scindula, later form of scandula, shingle < IE *(s)k(h)end-, to split, extension of base *sek-, to cut > saw

transitive verb shingled -·gled, shingling -·gling

1. to cover (a roof, etc.) with shingles
2. ☆ to cut (hair) in shingle style

transitive verb shingled -·gled, shingling -·gling

Etymology: < Fr dial. (Picardy) chingler, var. of Fr cingler, to strike with a flexible rod, ult. < L cingula: see cingulum