noun.
A soft layer of cotton, wool, or other fibrous material used for padding or stuffing.
noun.
Material for gun wads.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Wads collectively; stuffing; specifically, carded cotton or wool used to line or stuff articles of dress, the surface of the spongy web of carded material being covered with tissue-paper or with a coat of size.
noun.
Material for gun-wads.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
noun.
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.