Meaning & use
Lipping
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A narrow strip of material, especially wood, fitted along the edge of a panel, door, or board to protect or finish it.
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The carpenter added a hardwood lipping to hide the plywood edge of the tabletop.
Water had seeped beneath the loose lipping on the old kitchen counter.
A note on using this word
Lipping is chiefly a woodworking and joinery term, describing the edge-covering strip applied to boards and panels.
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