lag

A barrel stave.

A strip, as of wood, that forms a part of the covering for a cylindrical object.

To furnish or cover with lags.

To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.

To proceed or develop with comparative slowness.

To weaken or slacken; flag.

To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first.

To fail to keep up with (another).

To proceed or develop at a slower pace than (another).

In golf, to hit (a putt) so that it stops a short way from the hole and can then be tapped in.