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Definition of Cushioning
1. Noun. Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Specialized synonyms: Cushion, Falsie, Pad, Stuffing
Terms within: Cotton, Cotton Fiber, Cotton Wool, Kapok, Silk Cotton, Vegetable Silk, Straw
Derivative terms: Cushion, Pad, Pad
Definition of Cushioning
1. Verb. (present participle of cushion) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cushioning
1. cushion [v] - See also: cushion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cushioning
Literary usage of Cushioning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1920)
"be equa\ to .2 font of penetration: with a light ram it would be materially more),
the cushioning of it on head of a pile, however square it may be dressed ..."
2. Elevators: A Practical Treatise on the Development and Design of Hand, Belt by John H. Jallings (1918)
"Shaft cushioning. Six months later a patent was obtained for a similar but
differently constructed device by a man named Elli- thorpe, of Chicago. ..."
3. Appleton's Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work, and Engineering by D. Appleton and Company, Oliver Byrne (1852)
"... fnf IV 1—a Ol ,he cushioning comr««nce^ ъ^. са^е<1 too f<£ r edge » before
the upper edge of t:V*e 8\i(?e reaches ..."
4. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"... Ball—Substantial Fare for the Ladies—Curious Fashion of cushioning the
Windows—German Grief—The Upper Belvidere Palace- Endless Quantity of Pictures. ..."
5. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1908)
"Relief of Crank-pin Stress by cushioning by Compression of Exhaust or Live Steam.
It would appear from Figs. 372 and 373 that the duty of arresting the ..."
6. The Steam Engine by George Charles Vincent Holmes (1895)
"... which jackets are useless—Precautions to be observed in jacketing—Experiments
showing the use of jackets in simple and compound engines—3, cushioning, ..."
7. Rock Drilling: With Particular Reference to Open Cut Excavation and by Richard Turner Dana, William Lawrence Saunders, Construction Service Company (1911)
"The cushioning Effect of Air and Water. When the cartridge does not completely
fill the hole there is an air space which acts as a cushion to the expanding ..."
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