Synonyms:
herpes_zoster, zoster, shingles
Meaning: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Usage examples
"But they are putting new shingles or something on the roof!"
We love to hear the flickers call, and we readily pardon any one of their number which, as occasionally happens, is bold enough to wake us in the early morning by drumming on the shingles of the roof.