Meaning & use
Shingling
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Covering a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular pieces of wood, slate, or other material.
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The crew spent all week shingling the new house's roof.
Shingling in the rain can be dangerous for workers.
A note on using this word
Also used as a noun for the overlapping layer effect itself, sometimes applied metaphorically to describe arranging things in an overlapping pattern.
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