shingly

[ shing-glee ]

adjective

1. consisting of or covered with small, waterworn stones or pebbles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shingly¹

First recorded in 1765–75; shingle ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river.

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A broad, steep road leads down to the bathing-place on the sea-beach, which is rough and shingly.

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Down on a strip of shingly beach the birds parade, when not in the rookery or at sea getting food.

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Some of these streams do not reach the sea immediately, but disappear in the loose shingly beaches of peaty swamps.

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The heavy tread too of a man's impatient foot upon the shingly path that led up from the wicket of the narrow garden.

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