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to reshingle

to reshingle

1 6.2
To put new small flat pieces on a roof over old ones to keep water out
  • verb
  • /riːˈʃɪŋɡəl/
translation icon : rehacer el tejado
  • They spent the weekend working hard to reshingle the roof of the old barn.

Examples

  • Then cook us a pot roast, whiten the bath tubs, shampoo the cat, reshingle the roof, give the carriage a lube job...

    Happily N'Ever After (2007)

  • After the storm damaged my roof, we decided to reshingle it before winter.

  • I'm just staying there till my roof gets reshingled.

    Entourage (2015)

  • Mundane matters like "Smalley says the back eaves need to be reshingled.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • With, of late, a roof that had to be reshingled and a lot of plumbing that had to be replaced, both at big-time expense, I feel far more exploited by than exploiting of the working class.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We hired a contractor to reshingle our house to improve its appearance and prevent leaks.

Synonyms

to shingle
vsto reshingle
4 6.8

To cover a roof with thin flat pieces of wood or similar material

replaces old roof covering rather than installing it for the first time
to reroof
vsto reshingle
1 4.5

To put a new roof on a building to replace an old or damaged roof

focuses on replacing only the outer layer rather than the entire roof structure

How Thorough

to reroof
1 4.5
to reshingle
1 6.2
repair
352 2.3
to patch
151 2.5

Surface Forms

reshingle infinitive
reshingled past
reshingled past participle
reshingling present participle
reshingles third person singular

Morphology

reshingle = shingle (transparent) = re + shingle

This is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' attached to the verb 'shingle'.

Etymology

Reshingle is made of re- meaning 'again' and shingle meaning 'small roof tile', so it literally means to put new shingles on a roof again, replacing or covering the old ones.