Lapping
['læpiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lap
(n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
Editor: Nancy
Examples
- In the silo it should be distributed evenly and probably had better be placed in regular layers, lapping shingle fashion so that it will settle evenly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Finally I felt the lapping waters about my feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was afraid that one day he would break down and be a purely meaningless babble lapping round a darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Jo could not speak, and for several minutes there was no sound but the sigh of the wind and the lapping of the tide. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was afraid lest she should even become sleepily deadened into forgetfulness of anything beyond the life which was lapping her round with luxury. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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