shingles

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgiaSynonyms: herpes zoster zoster

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shingles \Shin"gles\, n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain. [1913 Webster]

Lap \Lap\, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see Lap, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.]

1.To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [1913 Webster]

2.To wrap or wind around something. [1913 Webster]

About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk.— Sir I. Newton.[1913 Webster]

3.To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. [1913 Webster]

Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one. [1913 Webster]

5.(Carding & Spinning) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. [1913 Webster]

To lap boards, shingles, etc., to lay one partly over another.

To lap timbers, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. --Weale. [1913 Webster]