lagging

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

from lag

Carols under that lagging, yellow, waning moon! — Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
But though he was content and patient, he could not distract himself, or spend the lagging hours with books or newspapers. — The Gay Adventure: A Romance, Richard Bird
After short course the father and the sons Seem’d tir’d and lagging, and methought I saw The sharp tusks gore their sides. — The divine comedy, Dante Alighieri

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