shingling > define

noun

• Geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction. (
• The laying on of shingles.
  • usage: "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry"

verb

• Cover with shingles.
  • usage: "shingle a roof"
  • synonyms: shingle

• (n.) The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
• (n.) The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Shingle.