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lag·ging

(lăg′ĭng)

a. A covering used to provide thermal insulation, as from a steam pipe.

b. A similar covering used to provide acoustical insulation, as on an air duct.

a. A plank or set of planks forming the outer surface of a centering for the construction of an arch.

b. Any of various structural members or materials used as a protective sheathing, as on the ceiling of a mine tunnel or around a boiler.

[From lag.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lagging

(ˈlæɡɪŋ)

1. insulating material wrapped around pipes, boilers, etc, or laid in a roof loft, to prevent loss of heat

2. the act or process of applying lagging

3. (Building) a wooden frame used to support an arch during construction

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lag•ging

(ˈlæg ɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of covering a boiler, oil tank, etc., with heat-insulating material.

2. the covering formed.

3. the material used.

[1850–55; lag³ + -ing¹]

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Noun

lagging - used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

insulant, insulating material, insulation - a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

lagging

adjective

Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and social aspects:

backward, underdeveloped, undeveloped.

Translations

rivestimento isolante

lagging

[ˈlægɪŋ] N (Tech) → revestimiento m calorífugo

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lagging

[ˈlægɪŋ] n → enveloppe isolante, calorifuge m

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lagging

n → Isolierschicht f; (= material) → Isoliermaterial nt

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lagging

[ˈlægɪŋ] n (Tech) → rivestimento termo-isolante

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Jim hastened his lagging steps at this assurance of a quick relief from the dark passage, and in a few moments more they had emerged from the mountain and found themselves face to face with a new and charming country.

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'If they don't get any fresh evidence, it'll only be a summary conviction, and we shall have him back again after six weeks or so; but, if they do, it's a case of lagging. They know what a clever lad he is; he'll be a lifer.

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When the enemy seemed falling back before him and his fellows, he went instantly forward, like a dog who, seeing his foes lagging, turns and insists upon being pursued.

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My valet was all impatience to follow them; and was as fidgety about my dilatory movements as a diner out waiting hat in hand at the bottom of the stairs for some lagging companion.

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They came slowly lagging into camp, with weary looks, and horses jaded and wayworn.