shingles

The Sailor's Word-Book

Thin slips of wood, used principally in America, in lieu of slate or tiles in roofing. In very old times a planked vessel was termed a "shyngled or clap-boarded ship."

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Shingles
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
shingles
The name of an eruptive disease which takes the form of a belt (cinguluni) around the body. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.