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Dictionary: wad·ding
(wŏd'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
    1. A wad.
    2. Wads considered as a group.
  1. A soft layer of fibrous cotton or wool used for padding or stuffing.
  2. Material for gun wads.

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WordNet: wadding
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any material used especially to protect something
  Synonyms: packing material, packing


Wikipedia: Wadding
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Wadding is a disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot.[1]

Wadding can be crucial to a gun's efficiency, since any gas that leaks past a projectile as it is being fired is wasted. A harder or more carefully designed item which serves this purpose is often called a sabot. Wadding for muzzleloaders is typically a small piece of cloth, or paper wrapping from the cartridge.

Model rockets

Wadding is also used in model rockets to prevent the parachute from melting when it ejects. Without the recovery wadding the parachute would melt because the ejection is by a small solid-fuel engine. It gets so hot it melts hot glue almost immediately.

References

  1. ^ Glossary of Firearms Terms, Introduction to Hunter Education

Translations: Wadding
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vattering, cellstof

Nederlands (Dutch)
verpakkings- materiaal, materiaal voor watten (kanonprop)

Français (French)
n. - ouatage, rembourrage, capitonnage, ouate (pour vêtements), bourre (pour armes à feu)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Futter, Füllmaterial

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραγέμισμα
n. - (ενδυμ.) βάτα, (υλικό για) παραγέμισμα

Italiano (Italian)
batuffolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - enchimento (m)

Русский (Russian)
набивка, вата или шерсть для набивки, ватин

Español (Spanish)
n. - guata, relleno

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vadderar
n. - bomullsvadd, stoppning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
填塞物, 软纸, 填棉

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 填塞物, 軟紙, 填棉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 채우는 물건, 옷 솜, (총포의) 충전물 재료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詰め物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حشوة, لبدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילוי, ריפוד‬


 
 
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