This could have been avoided by the simple process of suspending egg crating made of timber or some other solid material painted black with the light fittings above it.1964, I.E.S. Lighting Review, page 89:
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foam pad
One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside.2016, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, This House, →ISBN:
Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, →ISBN, page 294:
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The seat can be padded with egg crating or 1-inch foam.2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, →ISBN:
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Alternative Alternative form of egg-crating (plastic mat)
My windowsill pebble trays are, for the most part, dimestore plastic drawer dividers; some have pebbles in them, others not, but all are filled with water and surmounted with rubberized sink racks or plastic egg crating which hold the pots.1989, Charles Marden Fitch, Barbara B. Pesch, Orchids for the Home and Greenhouse, →ISBN, page 54:
An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel.1991, Bob Gordon, Orchid Seedling Care: With Special Emphasis on Water Quality:
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Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture.2006, Reptiles - Volume 14, page 54:
Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375:
egg-crating
noun
› Alternative form of egg crate.
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textured surface or insert.
The soffit over the windows and arcade is of uninterrupted egg-crating.1952, Light and Lighting and Environmental Design:
Spotlights in egg-crating over counters give dramatic emphasis to cabinets at night.1953, American Lumberman & Building Products Merchandiser:
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style of roof
For the egg-crating, 2x4's proved adequate, as likely they would have for the wall railing; but greater leaway [sic] was provided and proved fortunate since there was a slight pitch from the house roof to the wall.1961, Bromeliad Society, Bulletin - Volumes 11-15, page 46:
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A plastic mat of horizontal and vertical strips that form squares with holes in the centers.
These little plants that I top-water sit on egg-crating which is atop a capillary mat.1986, The Indoor Garden - Volumes 23-26:
Matting offers the same type of benefit, as does egg-crating.2002, African Violet Magazine - Volume 55, page 50:
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The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
While the hull of the Viking 57 is still curing in the mold, about two weeks into the boat building schedule, workmen install the engine compartment bulkheads and the "egg-crating" members, the interlocked wooden framework running fore-and-aft and athwartships.1989, Lakeland Boating - Volume 44, page 100: