noun
batting
BA-tihng
noun
1
Soft fibrous material (cotton, wool, or synthetic) used to stuff quilts, mattresses, or padding.
"She layered cotton batting between the quilt top and backing."
2
The action or skill of hitting the ball in cricket or baseball.
"His batting improved a lot after off-season training."
How to Use Batting
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the padding material used in quilts, or the skill/act of hitting a ball in sports like cricket.
Common pairings
batting average
quilt batting
Word Forms
battings plural, battings plural
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Etymology
From bat + -ing; the stuffing-material sense comes from a related word "batt," meaning a sheet of fibrous material.