scandŭla (later form scindŭla, as if from scindo), ae, f. dim. [scando],
a shingle for a roof (so named from their rising, like steps, one above the other); mostly plur., Hirt.B. G. 8, 42 init. ; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 36; 16, 10, 18, § 42; Col. 8, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 1; Isid. 19, 19, 7; Pall. 1, 22.