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n. - Any material used especially to protect something.

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  • The fabric or leather upholstery, combined with polyester wadding, is removable thanks to two lateral zips that give it an original finish.
  • Her hands seemed to be made of a kind of wadding, she handled everything so lightly and delicately.
  • It is also made into a kind of wadding, and used for the purpose of giving additional warmth to various parts of their clothing.
  • Spanish leather, lined with deer-skin, tanned with the fur on; about the ankles is a kind of wadding under the lining, to keep out wet.
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