单词 | shingly |
释义 | shinglyadj.1 Covered with shingles or wooden tiles. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof thatched1467 side?a1475 thacked1530 vaulted1552 shingleda1563 slated1611 unshingled1611 high-pitch1614 slate-pointed1648 killesed1649 hipped1663 pantiledc1672 overpitched1677 underpitched1677 low-pitcheda1684 pitched1773 theeked1792 peaked1797 shingle1810 thackless1810 choppered1818 wagon-headed1823 unlathed1854 break-back1856 shingly1857 saddleback1861 scaled1862 gambrelled1863 thatchy1864 weather-slated1870 thatchless1882 weather-tiled1887 monopitch1941 tile-roofed1962 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > covered with shingles shingleda1563 shingle1810 shingly1857 1857 J. G. Whittier Last Walk in Autumn xxi The..shingly town-house, where The freeman's vote for Freedom falls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shinglyadj.2 Consisting of or covered with shingle; of the nature of shingle. (For Australian and New Zealand sense, see shingle n.2 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > gravel shingle > shingle beachy1600 shingly1775 shingled1802 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > loose stones shingly1857 α. β. 1789 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 91 I landed, within the sound, on a white shingly beach, the stones of which are all chert.1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees xxiv. 228 Shingly and gravelly soils.1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 106 Benharrow's shingly side.1843 Chambers's Jrnl. 45/3 As they stood upon the shingley beach to see him start.1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 21 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 259 Covered with gray shingly stones.1857 J. T. Thomson in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 336 The plains are alluvial and shingly.1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 291 The broad shingly bed of a river.1878 E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 182 After a long..climb, they reached the top. It was bare and shingly.1926 K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks v. 52 They rode for hours..along the shingly ledges of steep hill-sides.1949 A. E. Woodhouse in A. E. Currie Centennial Treasury Otago Verse 87 The shingly rivers seaward swirling.1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 78 The hard chinlie beach. 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 5 In several parts it [sc. the soil] is gravellish or sandy, or chingily. 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 281 For slight, sandy, or chingly soils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11857adj.21775 |
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