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Meanings of wooden shingle in inglês
Thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather.
Synonyms
Examples for "shake"
Examples for "shake"
1
A spokeswoman said Johnson family members wouldn't comment on the latest shake-up.
2
Variety reports a couple of reasons for the shake-up: budget and storytelling.
3
Hasty steps shake the staircase; the door opens precipitately; it is Andre.
4
However, experts say the shake-up is some time away from yielding fruit.
5
Barclays certainly needs some new people to shake up its brash culture.
1
The roof was of thatch or narrow overlapping wood shingles.
2
Sprawling and wood shingled, with attractive trims and balconies, some were nicely kept town-homes.
3
Too late I realized I'd jumped to the inn's roof-no wood shingles here, but clay tiles slippery with rain.
4
For their bridge floor they laid down wood shingles, and over that a mat made out of woven bamboo strips.
5
Only tiles were used for roofing in London, because wood shingles were fire hazards and fires in London had been frequent.
Usage of wooden shingle in inglês
1
Fire flickered on the wooden shingles of a handful of roofs.
2
Codes went lax, and many homes were still getting built with plain old wooden shingles.
3
They dared not let up as their roof was made of wooden shingles and was particularly at risk.
4
These perfect holds lead up to a wooden shingled roof, slightly angled and this night covered in snow.
5
Four kinds of roofing materials have been excavated: Plain, flat, earthenware tiles; curved earthenware pantiles; slate; and wooden shingles.
6
There was the poor quarter, the streets narrow and twisting, where all the roofs were tar and wooden shingles.
7
The storm had smashed shutters and torn the wooden shingles from the roof, scattering them all about the surrounding premises.
8
The exterior was a combination of dark red brick and wooden shingles that had recently been painted a muted moss green.
9
At one end of a square that sags in the middle like an old mattress stands a chalet fronted with wooden shingles.
10
He found it as before, the wooden shingles creaking and ticking as they gave off the day's heat, and streaked in bird shit.
11
The late morning had turned gusty, and Luce had to crouch down and hold on to the slanting wooden shingles to keep her balance.
12
Its spread was assisted by the fact that, over the decades, the old Dutch ceramic tiles on the roofs had been replaced with wooden shingles.