Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metal-working, work in which parts are fastened together by being lapped one over the other and then riveted, lapwelded, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work in which one part laps over another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Work in which one part
overlaps another.
Etymologies
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lap + work
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