layup

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• lay + up