batting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).

We wanted your batting, too. — Mike, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Arriving on the field he found the Old Boys batting. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Spoolers, weavers, slubbers, warpers, nearly grown but all hard-faced, listless--and many of them slept on shawls and battings of cotton. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore

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