An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CLADDING
facing, cladding
(noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
CLAD
CLOTHE
dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”
clothe, cloak, drape, robe
(verb) cover as if with clothing; “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”
invest, clothe, adorn
(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cladding (countable and uncountable, plural claddings)
(rare) Clothing; clothes.
Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).
Verb
cladding
present participle of clad
Source: Wiktionary
CLAD
Clad, v.t
Definition: To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.
Clad,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Clothe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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