Meaning of washboarding | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The appearance of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road, caused by wear from traffic, erosion, or poor grading.
   uncountable, usually
2. A streaky appearance on solid patches of color printed on corrugated materials, resulting from the uneven pressure exerted due to corrugations.
   uncountable, usually
3. An unexplained behavior in which bees move across the surface of their hive with a rocking motion.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“According to the road crew, two forms of road surface damage are common to this haul route — washboarding and potholing.”

“As the surface aged with traffic, the washboarding decreased in severity.”

“Aggregate quality is important to prevent washboarding.”

“Corrugations (washboardings) are fairly regular evenly spaced transverse ridges and caused by traffic actions in conjunction with loose aggregate.”

“When postprinting, washboarding influences the printability. Washboarding depends mainly on the distance between the flute tips ...”

“The flute tips and the buckling or washboarding between the flutes tips can be seen easily.”

“Washboarding is a result of a waviness of the liner structure that follows the flutes of the comigated medium.”

“The behavior shown here is washboarding.”

“He then ran the images back in slow motion. They resembled the “washboarding” of bees, a herringboning, a shimmy.”

“Certainly, interior surfaces and some exterior surfaces are coated with propolis, but washboarding behavior is not necessarily associated with propolis application.”

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