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shingling

[′shiŋ·gliŋ]
(geology)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Tom Kelleher, curator of historic trades, mills and mechanical arts at OSV, held a shingling hatchet a farmer or a cooper might have used in the early 1800s as he watched the student progress in prepping the roof for new shingles.
Most pros use this line to begin shingling, working left and right toward the rakes.
Both step shingling and racking will yield a watertight roof.
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