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Definition of Paddings
1. padding [n] - See also: padding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddings
Literary usage of Paddings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Shoddy-trade: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Position by Samuel Jubb (1860)
"Red and crimson paddings (unraised piece-dyed cloth) were made in quantity
contemporaneously with drugget cloth, and for much the same purpose, ..."
2. Oxford and Her Colleges: A View from the Radcliffe Library by Goldwin Smith (1893)
"... of a renowned cricketer in his paddings before an admiring crowd, to display
the fruit of his many years of assiduous practice in guarding his stumps. ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... for the particular purposes of stiffening collars and fronts of coats and
other garments, the goods being known commercially as "canvas," "paddings," ..."
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