overlapping

adjective

1. Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.

- 1851 A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists. — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

noun

1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

Similar word(s): imbrication, lapping

Definition categories: man–made, covering

verb

1. present participle of overlap