Middle English Dictionary Entry
shingler(e n.
Entry Info
Forms | shingler(e n. Also shingeler, (in surname) shinguler. |
Etymology | From shingle n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who shingles roofs; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1445) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.528a : Paid 2 shyngelers and a boy, mending the old rofe of the church, 20 d.
b
- (1276) Feet Fines War.in Dugd.Soc.11937 : Richard le Shynglere.
- (1310) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 1832 : Henricus le Schingler.
- (1335) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms237 : Rog. le Shinglere.
- (1391) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms237 : Will. Shynguler.