shingly

American  

[shing-glee] / ˈʃɪŋ gli /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of shingly

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

Example Sentences

"They always come out at the same place. That's where they shout from," Antonio says, pointing across the wide Manu River to a small shingly beach on the other side.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Every year, it is washed down from higher up in the mountains and finds its way to bedrock, which, in the case of the Bear River, is a very shingly riverbed.

From National Geographic • Sep. 2, 2015

We were being dragged up on a low shingly shore, and the men—up to their waists in water—were carrying the boat along.

From Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service by Lever, Charles James

Only the measured beating of the groundswell upon the shingly shore gave the watchers any indication, apart from their local knowledge, that the wide North Sea was almost at their feet.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Soothingly the river, not yet frozen over, prattled over its shingly bed as it swept round the knoll on which stood the farm.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)