lapping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent 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.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 220, about Hanmer, Wales

plural lappings

1. countableuncountableA 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

2. countableuncountableThe process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
3. countableuncountableThe rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
4. countableuncountableaccountingA form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
5. countableuncountableengineeringThe process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
6. countableuncountableartsLengths 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.

   Synonyms: winding

7. countableuncountableThe gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.