lapping

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil present participle and gerund 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.”

2. isim 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”

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