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Definition of wadding:

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.
of Wade

Synonyms:

boxing, backpacking, packing material, packing.

lining (part of speech: verb)
- interlining,
- facing,
- facing,
- wainscot,
- inlay,
- doubling,
- insulating,
- padding,
- interlining,
- lining,
- packing,
- padding,
- insole,
- packing,
- lining,
- bushing,
- inlaying

Usage examples:

In this case the first effect of the explosion is to produce an enormous pressure on everything confining it, and to advance the wadding through a very small space.

- "On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures", Charles Babbage.
Among these, one of the most conspicuous was the learned Luke Wadding, then at Rome engaged in writing his celebrated works, who dispatched money and arms contributed by the Holy Father.

- "Irish Race in the Past and the Present", Aug. J. Thebaud.
He procured a piece of wadding, swung himself from the stern gallery by one hand, and, with this in the other, broke a pane of glass in the wardroom window; and, after carefully picking out all the broken pieces of glass, made his entrance, where he gorged himself so fully, that he was unable to effect his retreat by the place where he entered.

- "Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom", Samuel Griswold Goodrich.