overplying
/ˌoʊvərˈplaɪɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of overply; to ply or twist (as in rope or yarn) too much, or to apply something too heavily.
- He ruined the yarn by overplying it on the spinning wheel.
- The rope broke because the worker was overplying the strands.
- Overplying the thread made the fabric stiff and uneven.