Word Study
batting (root: bat)
CIDE DICTIONARY
batting, n.
- The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball. Mason. [1913 Webster]
- Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
batting, n.
1 the action of hitting with a bat.
2 cotton wadding prepared in sheets for use in quilts etc.
1 the action of hitting with a bat.
2 cotton wadding prepared in sheets for use in quilts etc.
Idiom
batting order the order in which people act or take their turn, esp. of batsmen in cricket.
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