wadding

Wads collectively.

Noun

  1. Wads collectively.
  2. Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
    • 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. - 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris:...

Origin

Etymology tree English wad English -ing English wadding From wad + -ing (“material, collection”).

Forms

waddings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of wad