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(geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
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shingling
Word definitions for shingling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shingling \Shin"gling\, n. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles. (Metal) The process of expelling scori[ae] and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shingling hammer ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shingling was a stage in the production of bar iron or steel , in the finery and puddling processes. As with many ironmaking terms, this is derived from the French - cinglage . The product of the finery was a bloom or loop (from old Frankish luppa or '' ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of covering with shingles. 2 Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles. 3 The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeeze, in the production of wrought iron. vb. (present participle of shingle English) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a draft very different from carpentry"
Usage examples of shingling.
And I—I'm playing with cobblestones and shingling a roof, while a transcontinental railroad system is collapsing in the hands of congenital ward heelers.
He brought us two hammers and a shingling hatchet, but at least that made the destruction easier.
I now draw the curtain on the godawful business of butchering and skinning a sheep with a shingling hatchet.
So lucid was the nightmare that close overhead he could see the plywood roof and rusted shingling nails bed hammered in astray.