shellacked Definition

shellac
noun

1. A yellow or orange resin produced by the lac insect.
2. A solution of this in alcohol, used as a varnish. Also called shellac varnish.
3. Lac melted into thin plates, formerly used for making gramophone records.

verb shellacked, shellacking

1. To coat with shellac.
(US)
2. colloq
To defeat convincingly; to trounce or thrash.

Etymology: 18c: from shell + lac, a translation of French laque en ecailles lac in thin plates.