Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Puddening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puddening \Pud"den*ing\, n. [Probably fr. pudden, for pudding,
in allusion to its softness.] (Naut.)
(a) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a
fender, on the bow of a boat.
(b) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between
spars, or the like.
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