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lapping en · VERB · etymology 1

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

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of lap
form of lap
- Attractive cottages look out on a scene so peaceful that lapping wavelets, stirred by the breeze, are often the loudest sound to be heard. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 220, about Hanmer, Wales:

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

(countable, uncountable) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- 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 1830, Samuel Frederick Gray, The Chemistry of the Arts:
(countable, uncountable) The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
(countable, uncountable) The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
(countable, uncountable) 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) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
(countable, uncountable) 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) The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.

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lappings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

eo plaŭdado (gentle, rhythmic sound of water) · fr garniture (winding of a bow)