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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