shin·gle /ˈʃɪŋgəl/
 鵝卵石,小招牌


 Shin·gle, v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

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 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.


 Shin·gle n.  Geol. Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.


 Shin·gle, n.
 1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.
    I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles.   --Ray.
 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
      n 1: building material used as siding or roofing [syn: shake]
      2: coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles
         (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
      3: a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor,
         e.g.
      v : cover with shingles; "shingle a roof"