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'''Padding''' is thin cushioned material sometimes added to clothes. ItPadding may also be referred to as '''batting''' or '''wadding''' when used as a layer in lining quilts or as a packaging or stuffing material.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting|title=Definition of BATTING|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=2 July 2017}}</ref> When padding is used in clothes, it is often done in an attempt to soften impacts on certain zones of the body or enhance appearance by 'improving'adding asize physical feature, oftento a sexuallyphysical significant onefeature. In [[fashion]], there is padding for:

* Breasts&nbsp; – sometimes called [[falsies]]

* The male crotch&nbsp; – usually called a [[codpiece]].

* Height&nbsp; – usually in shoes and often called [[elevator shoeshoes]]s.

* Width of shoulders, called [[Shoulder pads (fashion)|shoulder pads]]&nbsp; – in coats and other garments for men, and sometimes for women.

Some padding is added to emphasize particular physical features that are usually not present. Women, for instance, rarely have prominent shoulders, but for some years shoulder pads have been added to women's blazers, dresses (blouses, etc.). The effect was unnatural for women, butThis gave them a more masculine outline which was sometimes thought to be of benefit in business situations. Many men's blazers also have a little padding in the shoulders, but not to the same extent.

Padding in undergarments iscan also be used byto alter the somesilhouette [[crossdresser]]sor appearance of the lower half of the body. This may include a form of padding in the shape of male [[genitals]] worn in the underwear of a female who is [[Passing (gender)|passing]] as a male, or [[hip and buttock padding]] worn byto aappear malecurvier whoand iscreate passinga asstereotypically afeminine hourglass femalesilhouette.

Padding is also added to clothing for [[thermal insulation|insulation]] or cushioning reasons. Thus, many coats and outergarments (especially those for outdoor use in cold climates) are padded with such materials as [[felt]] or [[down feather|down]] or [[feather]]s or artificial insulations. Cushioning padding is included in some sporting goods, especially those intended for use in [[combat sport]]s (e.g., [[Fencing (sport)|fencing]], some [[martial art]]s, etc.). Garments intended for actual use in combat were once commonly padded (e.g., by warriors in the [[Aztec Empire|Aztec empire]], by the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greeks]] under armor, or by the Japanese until the mid-19th century), but have largely been replaced by light armor made of, for instance, [[Kevlar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DuPont™ Kevlar® |url=https://www.dupont.com/brands/kevlar.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=www.dupont.com |language=en-US}}</ref> If included in a vest, such armor makes a [[Bulletproof vest|bullet-proof vest]]. Padding is also used by athletes in sports where friction is an issue, most notably in [[cycling shorts]] where it is termed a [[cycling pad]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mellion |first=Morris B. |date=1991-01-01 |title=Common Cycling Injuries |url=https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199111010-00004 |journal=Sports Medicine |language=en |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=52–70 |doi=10.2165/00007256-199111010-00004 |pmid=2011683 |s2cid=20149549 |issn=1179-2035|url-access=subscription }}</ref>