WADDING • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Wadding

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

noun

Wadding n.

A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.

Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.

verb

Wad v. t. (past & past part. waded; pres. part. wadding)

To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.

To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

See images of 'Wadding'

Etymology of 'Wadding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Wadding" Quotes from Famous Books

... indeed true. The animal, upwards of a yard in length, somewhat resembled the eel in his efforts to elude the grasp of man, but Mr Blurt fixed him, coiled him firmly down on his bed of straw and wadding, pressed a similar bed on the top of him to keep him ...

— Post Haste • R.M. Ballantyne

... the coming of a visitor. It was her long-lost, unrecognised aunt Esther, who had come to her niece bringing her a little piece of paper compressed into a round shape. It was the paper that had served as wadding for the murderer's gun. Esther had picked it up while wandering in curiosity about the scene of the murder. There was writing on the paper, and she had brought it to Mary, fearing that if it fell into the hands of the police it would provide ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... gun. "Oh! it's you, sonny? Come up and have a seat," sweeping together the empty gun-shells, bits of rag and wadding, small tools, etc., at his side. ...

— Sara, a Princess • Fannie E. Newberry

... all the forenoon, so we had not removed what is called the tompions (to my unprofessional reader I may say that the tompion is a very large piece of wood made to fit into the muzzle, for the purpose of preventing wet from penetrating). To this tompion is, or used to be, attached a large piece of wadding, what for I never ...

— Sketches From My Life - By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha • Hobart Pasha

... protect the upper back with warm extra flannel than to place covering on the chest. This alone will sometimes cure distressing coughs. In every case, such "protection," whether to back or breast, should be such as to secure free escape of perspiration (see Underwear). A sheet of fine wadding is excellent. Where less heat is desired, new flannel is the best. Often, also, chest trouble is best helped by protecting the soles of the feet. If these and the back are kept warm, there is little fear or harm at the front ...

— Papers on Health • John Kirk

More quotes...