padding

The padding provides short-term protection against broken bones, but at terrible long-term cost.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Do I need to hire more people? Is this going to slow down at all?” says Porter, who attributes the surge in part to stock-market gains padding boomers’ retirement savings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Race organiser ASO issued a statement following Dutch media reports of concerns some riders had used bra padding as aerodynamic fairings to improve efficiency.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

“She did not know me,” he replied, padding over to the sleeping princess but keeping his red eyes locked on Jack.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The freshly dead were still encased in woolen paddings or blue uniforms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The deep border of fur round the velvet, the warm waddings and paddings, the close fit up to the throat, were excellencies which warranted Janey's tour of inspection.

From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

I have got rid of the trammels pretty well,—haven't I?—have unshackled myself, and thrown off the paddings, and the wrappings, and the swaddling clothes.

From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

Fancy stitches and cunning invention which provided for thrice the usual number of cartridges told one tale; flannel paddings which sought to make of the military appointment a winter garment told another.

From The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Filson Young

The book, when pulled to pieces, without end papers and sewing, should be about one-sixth thinner than with the paddings of the cover, thin books, of course, a little more.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam