shingles Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
    herpes zoster; zoster.
  2. noun building material used as siding or roofing
    shingle; shake.
  3. noun coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
    shingle.
  4. noun a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
    shingle.
  5. verb cover with shingles
    shingle.
    • shingle a roof

WordNet

Shin"gles noun
Etymology
OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

Webster 1913