overlapping

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overlapping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  overlapping \overlapping\ adj.
     1. same as clinker-built; -- of ships.
  
     Syn: lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak,
          lap-streaked.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  overlapping \overlapping\ n.
     A covering with an overlapping design, as with tiles or
     shingles.
  
     Syn: imbrication, lapping.
          [WordNet 1.5]

overlapping - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  overlapping
      n 1: covering with a design in which one element covers a part
           of another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: imbrication,
           overlapping, lapping]