paddings

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Then there was the sound of crashing and of paddings, and abruptly the noise was diminishing as if its source were moving farther away.

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray

The paddings of civilisation may be useful, yet Gilbert held more valuable a realisation of the realities of things.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

Certain types are specially treated, dyed black, tan or other colour, or left in their natural colour, stiffened and used for paddings and linings for cheap clothing, boots, shoes, bags and other articles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various