shingling

In geology, the arrangement of flat pebbles or boulders in such a manner that they overlap like shingles. It is especially marked in the coarse gravel of a beach (shingle) or on the bottom of a swift river, and may be detected in conglomerates.

The act of covering with shingles, or a covering of shingles.

In metallurgy, the act or process of squeezing iron in the course of puddling. See shingle, verb, 3. Also called blooming.

The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron.

a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.

Present participle of shingle.

The act of covering with shingles.

Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.