egg-crating

noun8

1. •
   textured surface or insert.

   • The soffit over the windows and arcade is of uninterrupted egg-crating. — 1952
2. •
   textured surface or insert

   • 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
3. •
   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
4. •
   foam pad

   • One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside. — 2016
5. •
   Alternative form of egg crate.
6. •
   Alternative form of egg crate.
7. •
   The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
8. •
   style of roof