Lagging
['lægɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat.
Typed by Damian--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lag
(n.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.
(n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.
Typed by Freddie
Examples
- Thuvia and I were in the rear, for our beast was lagging more and more. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It appeared to me that the lagging moonlight never, never would get to it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What do you mean by lagging and a lifer? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Here is the 'Trumpet' accusing you of lagging behind--did you see? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Shane