Bagging vs. Lagging — What's the Difference?

Material used for making bags.

A covering used to provide thermal insulation, as from a steam pipe.

Present participle of bag

A similar covering used to provide acoustical insulation, as on an air duct.

The act of putting anything into a bag.

A plank or set of planks forming the outer surface of a centering for the construction of an arch.

Cloth or other material for bags.

Any of various structural members or materials used as a protective sheathing, as on the ceiling of a mine tunnel or around a boiler.

(medicine) Use of BVM to ventilate a patient.

Falling behind, not keeping up the pace

(colloquial) peak bagging

Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

Cloth or other material for bags.

The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.

The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.

The material so used.

The act of swelling; swelling.

A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.

Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

Inflection of lag

Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; - called also deading and cleading.

Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

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