Etymology 1

From scindula, an alteration, influenced by the σχίδαξ 'lath' (cfr. σχίζα, σχίσμα, σχίζω), of the scandula (roof tile) < scindere 'to split' < Proto-Indo-European base *sked- 'to split'.

Noun

1. A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
2. A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
3. A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).

Verb

1. To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

Etymology 2

From dialect chingler 'to strap, whip', from cingula 'girt, belt' from cingere 'to girt'

Verb

1. To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
2. To lash with a shingle.

   The imp's bottom was shingled black and blue

Noun

1. A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking
2. Any paddle used for corporal punishment

Etymology 3

Probably cognate to the singl 'small stones' or the North Frisian singel 'gravel', both imitative of the sound of water running over such pebbles.