2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.
SHINGLE
Shin"gle, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling.]
1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.
2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.
SHINGLE
Shin"gle, v. t.
Defn: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
SHINGLER
Shin"gler, n.
1. One who shingles.
2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.
SHINGLES Shin"gles, n. Etym: [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.] (Med.)