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.

Translations

wads collectively

Finnish: pehmusteet pl

soft fibrous cotton or wool

Finnish: vanu (fi)

Verb

wadding

present participle of wad

Anagrams

dingwad

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