lapping

Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of lap

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

Etymology

From Middle English lappinge, wlappynge, equivalent to lap + -ing.