padding

The act of stuffing, filling, or lining.

A soft material used to make pads or a pad.

Something added, especially extraneously or fraudulently.

The act of stuffing so as to make a pad.

The cotton, hair, straw, or other material used in stuffing anything, as a bolster, saddle, or garment; the stuffing used to keep in shape any part of a garment according to the fashion which requires it to be more in relief or drawn tighter than the natural forms allow. ; ;

In calico-printing, the process of imbuing the fabric all over with a mordant which is dried.

Any unnecessary matter inserted in a column, article, book, etc., merely to bring it up to a certain size; vamp; hence, written or printed matter of no real value or utility; whatever has merely the effect of increasing the size of any thing without adding to its interest or value.

The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

The material with which anything is padded.

Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc.