Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wadding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wad \Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wadding}.]
1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
tow or cotton.
2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wadding \Wad"ding\, n. [See {Wad} a little mass.]
1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of
which wads may be made.
2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or
padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared
for the purpose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wadding
n : any material used especially to protect something [syn: {packing
material}, {packing}]
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