Batting vs Batwing - What's the difference?
batting | batwing |
(sewing) cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc
special cotton for surgery.
the act of someone who bats
Shaped like the wing of a bat.
*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 491:
*:The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
* 2012 , James E. Ferrell, Cross-Pull (page 385)
As nouns the difference between batting and batwing
is that batting is (sewing) cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc or batting can be the act of someone who bats while batwing is the wing of a bat, or its shape.As a verb batting
is .As an adjective batwing is
shaped like the wing of a bat.batting
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
Synonyms
* bat, battEtymology 2
.Noun
- the battings of her eyelashes
Verb
(head)batwing
English
Adjective
(-)- A tall figure stepped up to the batwing doors of the saloon as Tommy and Matt passed.