Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically, shingles were split from straight grained, knot free bolts of wood. Today's shingles are mostly made by being cut as opposed to being split out of a bolt.

Wooden shingles were a common roofing material until the 1950s when asphalt shingles became more prevalent. Simulated wood shingles have the look of real wood shingles but are made of metal or asphalt based products.