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cladding.

Clothing; clothes.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈklædɪŋ/
  1. Clothing; clothes.

    countable · rare · uncountable
  2. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

verb/ˈklædɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of clad

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

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