(usually concrete): Padding, puffing; in Surgery. A pad or compress; = bolster, n.1 2a.

The material with which a receptacle is stuffed or tightly filled.

Padding.

Soft material used to pad or stuff something. Also figurative.

Any loose, fibrous material for use as a padding, stuffing, quilting, etc. Now chiefly, cotton-wool formed into a fleecy layer.

Chiefly Dressmaking. As a mass noun: layers of material used as stuffing; = padding, n.1 1a. Obsolete. rare.