lagging
noun B2- The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
- The material so used.
- A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.
Plural laggings
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Lynde wanted to know what else you could expect with a Tory superintendent of education at the head of affairs, and Matthew, noting Anne’s paleness and indifference and the lagging steps that bore her home from the post office every afternoon, began seriously to wonder if he hadn’t better vote Grit at the next election.
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