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DictionarybattingSoft padding
noun

batting

Soft material used as padding or insulation.

She places batting between the quilt's two fabric layers.

Etymology
batEnglishto beat or strike

Batting is fiber beaten into a soft sheet or batt. It belongs with the striking word, not the animal-name.

More examples

  • The chair cushion needed fresh batting.
  • Cotton batting filled the padded cover.
  • We trimmed the batting to match the quilt.

Forms

batting

Similar words

padding
The broader cushioning material, not necessarily sheets of fiber.
wadding
Wadding similarly names soft filling but can emphasize stuffing rather than a flat layer.