fish scale shingles
A shingle having straight sides and rounded bottoms.
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Fish Scale Shingles
On Victorian and Queen Anne buildings, fish scale shingles were used extensively as a finishing element. These are generally wood and are most frequently found on the gable or upper section of the buildings.
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It has numerous massive chimneys decorated with elaborate corbelling. The roof has many steep gables decorated with wooden fish scale shingles. This house sits on a massive cutstone foundation, commonly for all 19th century houses.
 See also: Shingles, Shingle, Scale, Gable, House
  
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