CLOTHING

clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

clothing

present participle of clothe

Noun

clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings)

Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Synonyms

• clothes, attire, apparel

Hyponyms

• See also clothing

Source: Wiktionary

Cloth"ing, n.

1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13

2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.

4. (Mach.)

Definition: See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

CLOTHE

Clothe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed ( or Clad; p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.] Etym: [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cla\'ebian, clæ\'eban. See Cloth.]

1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak.

2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21 The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.

3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. Watts. His sides are clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton.

Clothe, v. i.

Definition: To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition