shingle : Idioms & Phrases

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Shingle oak

  • noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles
    Quercus imbricaria; laurel oak.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.
Webster 1913

shingle tree

  • noun East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes
    Acrocarpus fraxinifolius.
WordNet

To lap boards, shingles, etc.

  • to lay one partly over another.
Webster 1913