(shing′gəl) noun
1. A thin, tapering piece of wood or other material, usually about 18 inches long and 4 or more inches wide, used in courses to cover roofs.
2. A small sign board, as a shingle or a brass plate, bearing the name of a doctor, lawyer, etc., and placed outside his office.
3. A short haircut.
—v.t. ·gled, ·gling
1. To cover (a roof, building, etc.) with or as with shingles.
2. To cut (the hair) short all over the head. [Alter. of ME schindle <L scindula, var. of scandula a shingle]
—shin′gler noun

(shing′gəl) noun
1. Rounded, water–worn detritus, coarser than gravel, found on the seashore.
2. A place strewn with shingle, as a beach. [Cf. Norw. singl coarse gravel]
—shin′gly adjective

(shing′gəl) v.t. ·gled, ·gling Metall.
To drive out impurities from (puddled iron) by heavy blows or pressure. [Origin unknown]