cushioningadj.

Etymology: < cushion v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcushioning.

Forming a cushion.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > affording protection or defence

defendantc1330

defensivea1400

defensory1552

fensive1582

protectingc1595

defensative1596

secureful1598

fenceful1616

friendly1628

protective1653

protectory1654

screening?a1656

protectant1670

warding1697

safeguard1822

shielding1851

cushioning1887

tutorial1898

1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 304 The soft..snow..may have formed a cushioning mass saving him from instant death.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

ˈcushioning n. spec. in Mechanics see quots. and cf. cushion n. 3d.

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1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 104 This cushioning of the pistons, and the gradual restraining of the momentum.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 501/2 [article Steam-engine] Admission before the end of the back stroke..together with the compression of steam left in the cylinder when the exhaust port closes, produces the mechanical effect of cushioning.

单词	cushioning
释义	cushioningadj. Etymology: < cushion v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcushioning. Forming a cushion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > affording protection or defence defendantc1330 defensivea1400 defensory1552 fensive1582 protectingc1595 defensative1596 secureful1598 fenceful1616 friendly1628 protective1653 protectory1654 screening?a1656 protectant1670 warding1697 safeguard1822 shielding1851 cushioning1887 tutorial1898 1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 304 The soft..snow..may have formed a cushioning mass saving him from instant death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas ˈcushioning ˈcushioning n. spec. in Mechanics see quots. and cf. cushion n. 3d. ΚΠ 1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 104 This cushioning of the pistons, and the gradual restraining of the momentum. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 501/2 [article Steam-engine] Admission before the end of the back stroke..together with the compression of steam left in the cylinder when the exhaust port closes, produces the mechanical effect of cushioning. extracted from cushionv. < adj.1887 as lemmas
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cushioningadj.

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