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Cladding

//ˈklædɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clothing; clothes. countable, rare, uncountable
  2. 2
    a protective covering that protects the outside of a building wordnet
  3. 3
    Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clad form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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