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1. Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

1. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   - dawdle, fall back, fall behind
    
2. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   - imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]
    
3. Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
    
4. Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
   "lag pipes"

Derived forms: laggings

See also: fall, lagger

Type of: confine, cover, detain, flip, follow, insulant, insulating material, insulation, pitch, sky, toss

Encyclopedia: Lag