cladding
Meanings
noun
- Clothing; clothes.
- Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
- A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
verb
- present participle and gerund of clad
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.
Synonyms
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