"egg crating" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1964, I.E.S. Lighting Review, page 89",
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          "text": "One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside.",
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          "ref": "2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, page 294",
          "text": "Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.",
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          "text": "My windowsill pebble trays are, for the most part, dimestore plastic drawer dividers; some have pebbles in them, others not, but all are filled with water and surmounted with rubberized sink racks or plastic egg crating which hold the pots.",
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          "text": "Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture.",
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