shingling

English

Verb

shingling

1. present participle and gerund of shingle

Noun

shingling (countable and uncountable, plural shinglings)

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

Derived terms

• w-shingling