Egg-crating

Quick meaning: Egg-crating is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of egg-crate.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of egg-crate.

More Meanings

1. A plastic mat of horizontal and vertical strips that form squares with holes in the centers.
2. (boating) The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
3. Alternative form of egg crate.

Example Sentences

Matting offers the same type of benefit, as does egg-crating.

These little plants that I top-water sit on egg-crating which is atop a capillary mat.

While the hull of the Viking 57 is still curing in the mold, about two weeks into the boat building schedule, workmen install the engine compartment bulkheads and the "egg-crating" members, the interlocked wooden framework running fore-and-aft and athwartships.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eggcrate, egg crate, cratch, corncrib, cribwork, cribsheet.

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