egg crating

English

Verb

egg crating

1. present participle and gerund of egg crate

Noun

egg crating (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of egg crate
   1. textured surface or insert
      • 1964, I.E.S. Lighting Review, page 89:

        This could have been avoided by the simple process of suspending egg crating made of timber or some other solid material painted black with the light fittings above it.

   2. foam pad
      • 2016, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, This House, →ISBN:

        One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside.

      • 2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, →ISBN, page 294:

        Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.

      • 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, →ISBN:

        The seat can be padded with egg crating or 1-inch foam.

2. Alternative form of egg-crating (plastic mat)
   • 1989, Charles Marden Fitch, Barbara B. Pesch, Orchids for the Home and Greenhouse, →ISBN, page 54:

     My windowsill pebble trays are, for the most part, dimestore plastic drawer dividers; some have pebbles in them, others not, but all are filled with water and surmounted with rubberized sink racks or plastic egg crating which hold the pots.

   • 1991, Bob Gordon, Orchid Seedling Care: With Special Emphasis on Water Quality:

     An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel.

   • 2006, Reptiles - Volume 14, page 54:

     Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture.

   • 2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375:

     Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).