cotton or woollen wadding used in quilts, mattresses, etc
2.
the action of a person or team that hits with a bat, esp in cricket or baseball
batting in American English
(ˈbætɪŋ; for 2, usually ˈbætən)
noun
1.
the action of a person who bats, as in baseball
2. US
cotton, wool, or synthetic fiber wadded into sheets and used in bandages, quilts, quilted garments, etc.
Word origin
(sense 2) see batt
Examples of 'batting' in a sentence
batting
Batting collapses are invariably the work of one or two bowlers, the time span being short.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Technical Batting against spin has been poor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
All related terms of 'batting'
bat
A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball , cricket, rounders , or table tennis.
batting cage
a screen with three sides and a top, in which batters practice: it keeps missed and fouled pitches within its enclosure
batting order
the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager
batting average
in baseball , a figure expressing the average batting efficiency of a player or team , figured by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official at-bats
batting helmet
a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear , worn for protection while batting
cotton batting
cotton wadding , as used in quilt making
bat around
to discuss (an idea, proposition , etc) informally