shingle
noun
[ ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)l ]
• a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.
• "a wonderful beach of fine shingle"
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
shingle
noun
• a rectangular wooden tile used on walls or roofs.
• a woman's short haircut in which the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck.
• a small signboard, especially one found outside a doctor's or lawyer's office.
shingle
verb
• roof or clad with shingles.
• "yesterday we fastened in the steel framework and shingled the roof"
• cut (a woman's hair) in a shingle.
• "women began to bob their hair immediately after the war and were shingling it by 1925"
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood’.
