@duckwhistle@Edelruth
You're the first person to give a definition which justifies the use of the word to me. Thanks!
The concept of "more than necessary but less than excessive" doesn't have a strict equivalent in American English that I can think of. A "mess," perhaps, but that implies a bit of excess. A "bunch?" "Lashing" is as good as any other word, and if it's a verb too, so much the better.