shingle
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For example, a homeowner might get a letter from their insurance company stating that the roof needs to be reshingled or the coverage will be dropped.
From Washington Times • Feb. 18, 2017
This last statement was true enough, for the old house had been reshingled and reclapboarded and repainted, so that it retained hardly a vestige of antiquity in its appearance.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
"Yes, I should think from here that it would have to be reshingled."
From Wayside Courtships by Garland, Hamlin
If only the leaks could be mended, and the roof reshingled over the wings!
From The Builders by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
One day, very soon after the cottage was settled, a not-at-all-surprised Mr. Black and a very-much-astonished Mrs. Crane each received a formal invitation to dine under its reshingled roof.
From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson
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