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Wood shingle — Because trees were plentiful from the earliest days of settlement of North America, the use of wood for all aspects of construction is not surprising. Wooden roof shingles were lightweight, made with simple tools, and easily installed. Wooden… … Wikipedia
shingle — shingle1 shingler, n. /shing geuhl/, n., v., shingled, shingling. n. 1. a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings. 2. a woman s close cropped… … Universalium
Shingle style — In the U.S., a style of wood shingle covered domestic architecture of the 1870s and 80s. Among the finest examples are Henry Hobson Richardson s Sherman House (1874–75), Newport, R.I., and Stoughton House (1882–83), Cambridge, Mass. The style… … Universalium
WOOD — Wood has always been used most commonly in the construction of domestic structures that do not require the same level of durability as temples and funerary monuments, which are more typically constructed from brick or stone. Timber became more … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shingle oak — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shingle — Ⅰ. shingle [1] ► NOUN ▪ a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore. DERIVATIVES shingly adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin. Ⅱ. shingle [2] ► … English terms dictionary
shingle — shingle1 [shiŋ′gəl] n. [prob. < Scand, as in Norw singel, akin to MDu singele, coastal detritus < ?] Chiefly Brit. 1. large, coarse, waterworn gravel, as found on a beach 2. an area, as a beach, covered with this shingly adj. shingle2… … English World dictionary
Shingle Oak — Taxobox name = Shingle Oak image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Fagaceae genus = Quercus sectio = Lobatae species = Q. imbricaria binomial = Quercus imbricaria binomial… … Wikipedia
shingle — shin|gle [ˈʃıŋgəl] n [Sense: 1,3; Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Probably from Latin scindula flat piece of wood ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [U and C] one of many small thin pieces of wood or another … Dictionary of contemporary English
Shingle Creek, Orlando — This page is about the stream in Florida. For other uses see Shingle Creek.Shingle Creek is a small waterway in Central Florida that is generally considered to be the northernmost headwaters of the Everglades. It is named after the cypress trees… … Wikipedia
