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- barge course: Overhanging brick coping on a gable wall. 2. A row of slates or tiles placed on and projecting over the raking edges of a gable.
- cap course: The topmost course of shingles, tiles, etc., on the ridge of a roof.
- comb: In roofing, the topmost row of shingles which project above the ridge line; the uppermost ridge on a roof. Same as combing.
- diminishing course: One of a number of courses of roofing slates that diminish in exposure, and sometimes width, from the eaves to the ridge.
- doubling: A double course of slate, shingles, or tiles at the eaves of a roof made by two layers. 2. In Scotland, an eaves board.
- doubling course: A double layer of shingles or tiles laid at the foot of a roof slope or a vertical section of shingling.
- eaves course: A first course of shingles, slates, or tiles on a roof.
- ribbon course: One of the alternate courses of shingles or slate laid with shorter or longer exposure.
- ridge course: The last or top course of roofing tiles, roll roofing, or shingles.
- staggered course: A course of shingles laid with the butts slightly above or below the one adjacent.
- starting course: The first course of shingles, slates, or tiles along the eaves of a roof before the first regular course is laid.
- undercloak: A row of wood shingles laid along the rake of a sloping roof with the butts projecting outward to give an inward slope to the surface shingles.
- undercourse: A row of wood shingles laid along the rake of a sloping roof with the butts projecting outward to give an inward slope to the surface shingles. Also called undercloak.
- common lap: A method of laying shingles by offsetting alternate courses one-half the width of a shingle.
- cover: That part of a course of tiles, slate, or shingles which is covered by the overlapping course. 2. The amount of concrete required to protect steel reinforcement from fire and corrosion, measured from the surface of the reinforcement to the outer surface of the concrete section.
- endlap: The distance by which a shingle, slate, or roofing tile overlaps an adjacent one along its side edge.
- headlap: The distance by which a shingle, slate, or roofing tile overlaps another in the second course below it.
- margin: The portion of the length of a shingle, slate, or roofing tile left exposed to the weather when laid in place.
- sidelap: The distance by which a shingle, slate, or roofing tile overlaps an adjacent one along its side edge. Also called endlap.
- toplap: The distance by which a shingle, slate, or roofing tile overlaps another in the course immediately below it.
- weaving: A method of laying shingles on adjoining surfaces of a roof or wall so that shingles on each face lap each other alternately.
- cove shingle: A shingle with a squared shape with a quarter-round notch taken out of each exposed corner.
- cove shingles: Shingles whose lower edges have concave chamfered corners.
- diamond shingle: A shingle with a squared shape where both of the exposed corners are cut to create a diamond shape.
- diamond shingles: Shingles that take the shape of diamonds.
- Dutch lap: A method of applying shingles, slates, etc.; each shingle overlaps one below and one to the side.
- fish scale: A decorative pattern in which shingles, whose lower edges form half-circles (also called half-circle shingles), are overlapped and resemble the scale of fish.
- fish scale shingle: A shingle having straight sides and rounded bottoms.
- fish scale shingles: A shingle having straight sides and rounded bottoms.
- fishscale: Type of shingling made of overlapping rounded units which resemble the scales on a fish.
- fish-scale: Thin pieces of wood used in overlapping rows to cover roofs and exterior walls of houses; sometimes shaped like fish scales.
- fish-scale shingles: A shingle having straight sides and rounded bottoms.
- half circle shingle: Also see fish scale shingle.
- hexagonal shingles: Shingles that take the shape of hexagons.
- octagon shingle: A shingle with a squared shape where the corners are clipped.
- octagonal shingles: Shingles that take the shape of octagon.
- horizontal shingles: Shingles with the shape of long, narrow rectangles.
- splayed shingle: A wood shingle set at any angle to other shingles on the same surface.
- plain shingle: Also see square shingle.
- square butt shingle: A wedge-shaped piece of wood that is relatively flat piece of asbestos cement, molded to look like wood or an asphaltic material, used in overlapping courses to cover an outside wall surface. Has a square shape where visible
- square shingles: Shingles of regular square or nearly square shape.
- square wave shingles: Square shingles laid in continuously undulating courses.
- staggered shingle: Staggered shingles are where the lower edge of singles are varied from one to the next to create a staggered appearance.
- staggered shingles: Squared roofing shingles, laid in courses without continuous horizontal lines.
- wave pattern shingle: A shingle pattern where square shingles are cut to give the appearance of a wave across multiple shingles.
- random shingles: Wood shingles of uniform length, but of random width.
- random widths: The term used in describing flooring boards or shingles supplied in varying widths.
- round shingles: Shingles that take the shape of circles.
- sawtooth shingles: Shingles whose lower ends are cut diagonally to represent the serrated edge of a saw.
- segmental shingles: Shingles whose ends have the shape of a segment of a circle.
- chisel shingles: Shingles that are triangular in shape with the point of one shingle centered over the triangle below.
- chyngil: Obsolete spelling of shingle.
- shingle: Thin pieces of wood used in overlapping rows to cover roofs and exterior walls of houses; sometimes shaped like fish scales.
- shingle treatment: To cover a wall or gable surface with shingles.
- shingles: Thin pieces of wood used in overlapping rows to cover roofs and exterior walls of houses; sometimes shaped like fish scales.
- asbestos shingles: Thin, synthetic, fireproof, waterproof, factory-made material used as exterior siding on buildings.
- asphalt shingle: A roofing material made of a brown or black tar like substance mixed with sand or gravel.
- black label: A utility grade of red cedar shingle.
- blue label: A premium grade of red cedar shingle of clear, edge-grained heartwood.
- cedar shingle: A roofing material made of durable pinewood.
- red label: An intermediate grade of red cedar shingle having a limited amount of flat grain and sapwood.
- composition shingles: Also see composition shingles.
- creo-dipt shingles: A colorless to yellowish oily liquid containing phenols and creosoles, obtained from wood tar or coal tar and used as a wood preservative.
- metal shingles: Shingles made of sheet metal that is usually galvanized (coated with zinc), tin-plated (coated with tin), or terne-plated (coated with tin and lead); manufactured either singly or in sheets of four and found in a variety of patterns.
- scandula: A shingle, used by the ancient Romans as a roof covering for houses.
- scandulae: A shingle, used by the ancient Romans as a roof covering for houses.
- healing stone: A roofing slate or roofing tile.
- strip slates: A roofing material made of a brown or black tar like substance mixed with sand or gravel.
- dimension shingles: Wood shingles cut to a uniform size.
- gont: A thin wood shingle, used for roofing in early Russian architecture.
- hand-split shingles: Wood shingles take the form of thin, long pieces of wood that taper from one end to the other. Singles, up until about 1850, were cut by hand.
- hand-split wooden shingles: Wood shingles take the form of thin, long pieces of wood that taper from one end to the other. Singles, up until about 1850, were cut by hand.
- lemekh: Same as gont.
- rift: Also see riven.
- rive: To split with the grain, as rived or riven cypress shingles.
- rived: Hand-split from a log, like the early clapboards and shingles (shakes).
- riven: Hand-split from a log, like the early clapboards and shingles (shakes).
- riven shingles: Wood shingles take the form of thin, long pieces of wood that taper from one end to the other. Singles, up until about 1850, were cut by hand.
- shave: Shingles made by hand (i.e. shaved with a froe and maul while held in a horse).
- wood shingles: A consistently popular roofing material in the United States, wood shingles take the form of thin, long pieces of wood that taper from one end to the other. Singles, up until about 1850, were cut by hand; after this date sawing became the dominant means of manufacture. Wood shingles come dimensioned or in random widths, plain or end-modified; length is most often 16, 18, or 24 inches.
- wooden shingles: Small, rectangular-shaped slats of wood that are nailed to an exterior surface, overlapping one another from top to bottom. Shingling is a traditional weather-proofing method for building.
- horse: A supporting frame with four legs used to clamp shingles in order to shape them. 2. The wooden support for the sheet-metal template of a running mold.
Also see Architecture index.