wadding

wadding

See also: Wadding

English

Etymology 1

wad +‎ -ing (“material, collection”).

Noun

wadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)

1. wads collectively
2. 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.

Translations

wads collectively

Finnish: pehmusteet pl

soft fibrous cotton or wool

Finnish: vanu (fi)

Verb

wadding

1. present participle of wad

Anagrams

• dingwad