lapping

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

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

lapping

1. present participle and gerund of lap

• lapping engine, lapping machine

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

lapping (countable and uncountable, plural lappings)

1. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
   • 1830, Samuel Frederick Gray, The Chemistry of the Arts:

     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

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. (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
5. (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
6. (lutherie) 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.

   Synonym: winding

• self-lapping

• Appling, appling, palping