capping

Etymology

From cap +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkapɪŋ/

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Verb

capping

1. present participle of cap

Noun

capping (plural cappings)

1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.17:

     I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine.

2. (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
5. (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.