lapping
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English lappinge, wlappynge, equivalent to lap + -ing.
Verb edit
lapping
- present participle and gerund of lap
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English lapping, lappyng, lappinge, equivalent to lap + -ing.
Noun edit
lapping (countable and uncountable, plural lappings)
- A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- 1830, Samuel Frederick Gray, The Chemistry of the Arts:
- the iron roller is previously wound round with from 20 to 30 thicknesses of a strong twilled woollen cloth , which is called by the machine printer the lapping , which protects both the calico and the copper roller
- The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
- The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
- (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
- (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
- (lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.
- Synonym: winding
Translations edit
machine blanket or wrapping material