A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.
Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
A punitive strap such as a belt.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
To beat with a shingle.