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Definition of Shingly
1. Adjective. Abounding in small stones. "Landed at a shingly little beach"
Similar to: Rough, Unsmooth
Derivative terms: Gravel, Pebble, Shingle
Definition of Shingly
1. a. Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
Definition of Shingly
1. Adjective. covered (or mostly covered) with shingle or small pebbles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shingly
1. covered with small, loose stones [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shingly
Literary usage of Shingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words edited by Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod (1886)
"... of the bay the cliff slopes backward and upward gently, the stunted grass and
the various wild things creep downward to the edge of the shingly beach; ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... and we once found a family packed into an old tin pot lying in a hollow of a
shingly seabeach. The eggs are WHEATEAR, WHINCHAT, AND STONECHAT. ..."
3. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Prefers a dry, sandy or shingly soil. The leaves are shed between Sept. and Jan., the
fresh leaves appear in March and April, BOOH after the flowers, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"They must ride further out, to the shingly isle; it and the channels on either
... He had reached the shingly isle when he looked round for his companions; ..."
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