shingling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of shingle

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of covering with shingles.
2. (countable, uncountable)Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
3. (countable, uncountable)The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
4. (countable, uncountable)The increasing of the storage density of a hard disk by writing tracks that partially overlap.