wadding
See also: Wadding
English
Etymology 1
wad + -ing (“material, collection”).
Noun
wadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)
- wads collectively
- soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
Translations
wads collectively
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soft fibrous cotton or wool
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Etymology 2
Verb
wadding
- present participle of wad