shingle up
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To put shingles on a roof or wall to cover and protect it.
Literal meaning: To apply shingles upward, covering a surface from bottom to top as is done in roofing.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To cover a roof or exterior wall with overlapping shingles for weather protection.
"They spent two days shingling up the cabin roof before the rainy season started."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
A technical or trade term used in construction and roofing. Not widely known outside of building and carpentry contexts. More common in North American English where wooden shingle roofing is traditional.
Commonly used with
roof house cabin wall exterior
Forms
Base
shingle up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
shingles up
he/she/it
Past simple
shingled up
yesterday
Past participle
shingled up
have + pp
-ing form
shingling up
continuous
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