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egg-crating en · NOUN

(uncountable) Alternative form of egg crate. ▸ textured surface or insert.
- Spotlights in egg-crating over counters give dramatic emphasis to cabinets at night. 1953, American Lumberman & Building Products Merchandiser:
- The soffit over the windows and arcade is of uninterrupted egg-crating. 1952, Light and Lighting and Environmental Design:
(uncountable) Alternative form of egg crate. ▸ style of roof
- For the egg-crating, 2x4's proved adequate, as likely they would have for the wall railing; but greater leaway [sic] was provided and proved fortunate since there was a slight pitch from the house roof to the wall. 1961, Bromeliad Society, Bulletin - Volumes 11-15, page 46:
(uncountable) A plastic mat of horizontal and vertical strips that form squares with holes in the centers.
- Matting offers the same type of benefit, as does egg-crating. 2002, African Violet Magazine - Volume 55, page 50:
- These little plants that I top-water sit on egg-crating which is atop a capillary mat. 1986, The Indoor Garden - Volumes 23-26:
(qualifier:boating, uncountable) The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
- While the hull of the Viking 57 is still curing in the mold, about two weeks into the boat building schedule, workmen install the engine compartment bulkheads and the "egg-crating" members, the interlocked wooden framework running fore-and-aft and athwartships. 1989, Lakeland Boating - Volume 44, page 100:

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of egg-crate
form of egg-crate