n. The act or process of washing or smoothing linen with a bat.n. The process of beating raw cotton with hazel-or holly-twigs, on a frame made of cords, for the purpose of opening the matted locks, or of beating out impurities.n. Cotton or wool prepared in thick but light matted sheets for quilts or bed-covers, the quilting of garments, etc. Also called bat, batts.n. The act or manner of using a bat in a game of ball: as, their batting was good.