Shingle \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shingling \Shin"gling\, n.

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

2. (Metal) The process of expelling scori[ae] and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

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

Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)