overlapping

Noun

WordNet 3.0

covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)Synonyms: imbrication lapping

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]