wadding


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

wad·ding

(wahd'ing),
1. Carded cotton or wool in sheets, used for surgical dressing.
2. Fibrous material used in packing a firearm shell, often found in gunshot wounds inflicted at close range.
A disc of material—formerly fibre and paper, now plastic and cardboard—used in guns—most commonly in shotguns—to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot

wad·ding

(wahd'ing)
Carded cotton or wool in sheets, used for surgical dressing.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Wadding used his influence to have Patrick and his March 17 feast day inserted into the church calendar.
The Irish Franciscan who gave St Patrick his feast day
5cm (2in) thick wadding cut to the size of the chipboard plus 8cm to 10cm (3in-4in) overlap all round.
BRIGHTEN UP YOUR BED; HOMES SPECIAL
STEP 2: With your board laying face down on top of wadding and fabric the wrong way round, use the staple gun, starting from the centre and staple fabric fold fabric onto the wooden frame of board - pulling tightly on the fabric.
DIY... ifbulouspinb frame fold and Here's some quick and easy steps to making a fabulous pin board..
WATERFORD ref Michael Wadding has been confirmed as the man in the middle for next month's All-Ireland senior hurling final.
WAD A COUP FOR MICHAEL
Disposable product manufacturer RMED International, Westport, CT, recently developed a disposable diaper designed to achieve fluid absorbency through a wadding batt layer consisting solely of a combination of cotton and wood pulp, rather than through a wadding batt layer with wood pulp and a superabsorbent polymer or other form of chemical absorbent.
SAP-free diaper

Medical browser ?
Full browser ?