Meaning of Lapping | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
   countable, uncountable
3. The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
   countable, uncountable
4. A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
   countable, uncountable
5. The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
   countable, uncountable
6. 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.
   countable, uncountable
7. The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

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