Usually means: Cracking pattern resembling alligator skin.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. alligatoring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. alligatoring: Vocabulary.com
  3. alligatoring: Wiktionary
  4. alligatoring: Dictionary.com
  5. alligatoring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alligatoring: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alligatoring: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alligatoring: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alligatoring: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  3. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  4. Alligatoring: Fiberglass Glossary
  5. ALLIGATORING: Industry Terms for Fiberglass

(Note: See alligator as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alligatoring)

noun:  (painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
noun:  (roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.

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