shindlen.
/ˈʃɪnd(ə)l/ 1. A wooden roofing tile.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > thin for roofing
shinglec1200
spoon1316
thack-board1354
shindle1585
shingle-board1589
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 211/1 Scandulæ,..oke laths: slates or shindles of wood.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. x. 461 The bourds or shindles of the wild Oke... The shindles are most easily rent or cloven out of all those trees which yeeld Rosin,..the housen in Rome were no otherwise covered over head but with shindles, untill the warre with K. Pyrrhus.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Shindle, Vid. a Shingle.
1728 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 28 June 4 A..Brick House, cover'd with Shindles.
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 542 In Pennsylvania the word [shingle] is often pronounced Shindle, partly, no doubt, under the influence of the numerous Germans in that State.
2. A splint.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > splint
spelkc1000
splintc1400
shindle1598
splinter1598
junk1617
fish1666
starch bandage1838
starch splint1843
pistol-splint1860
Balkan splint1916
gutter-splint1919
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stecchette,..shindles or boordes laid about broken legs or armes.
3. In full shindle-stone: Thin stone from which slates are cut.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > slate
slate-stone1392
slat1605
slate1653
shindle1669
shiffer1683
shelf1849
shale-stone1880
1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1009 Take the thin cleft stone, slat or shindle.
1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 15 Oct. 4 A Parcel of Slate (or Shindle-Stones) for tyling or healing of Houses.
1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words
1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Shell~stone, a slate stone. In Devon, shindle-stone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† shindlev.
Obsolete. rare.
Origin and precise meaning unknown.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 141 Nis þet child folitoȝe þet schindleð [a1250 Nero schrepeð, a1250 Titus scratteð] aȝein & bit oðer ȝerde.
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