layup

1. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
2. (colloquial) A relatively easy task.
3. The state of being laid up.
4. (countable, uncountable) A track used to store train cars.
5. A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
6. The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.

Etymology

From lay + up.

Synonyms

lay-up

lay

layered

letup

pave

paving

pigtail

ply

splice

twist

lamination

lamellated

Translations

empilage

رمية الكرة

double-pas