paddings

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Observe the “antediluvian” shape of the bat—no paddings on the legs. 

From Pickwickian Manners and Customs by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

Her gowns were even pressed here and there among their paddings.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

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 Trollope, Anthony

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 Adam, Paul