The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) entry for shingle, n.² (variant chingle) has not been revised since the first edition in 1914. The senses given, with the date of first attestation, are ‘1a. Small roundish stones; loose, waterworn pebbles such as are found collected upon the seashore’, (chingle 1598, shingle 1676); 1b. collective plural shingles (1574)’; and ‘2. A beach or other tract covered with loose roundish pebbles (chingle 1513, shingle 1577)’. The word is said to be of obscure origin, and the forms with ch-, which are somewhat earlier and mainly Scottish and East Anglian, are suggested to be of echoic origin. The comment is added that the relation of this word to Norwegian singl ‘coarse sand, small stones’ and North Frisian singel ‘(large) gravel’ is not clear. No dating is given for these foreign words.

中文翻译：

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大陆起源的两个沿海术语：“带状疱疹”和“ Dene”

在牛津英语词典（OED）条目瓦，ñ。²（变体chingle）尚未自1914年中给出的感官第一版订正与第一认证的日期，是“1a上。小圆形的石头；松动，水蚀卵石如发现在海边”，收集（chingle 1598，屋顶板1676）; 1b。集体复式带状疱疹（1574）'；和'2。海滩或其它管道覆盖有松散圆形卵石（chingle 1513，屋顶板1577）”。据说这个词起源晦涩，带有ch的形式-较早，主要是苏格兰和东安格利亚语-被建议具有回声的起源。补充说明是，该词与挪威单一“粗砂，小石头”和北弗里斯兰辛格“（大）砾石”之间的关系尚不清楚。这些外来词未注明日期。