clothing

verbnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkləʊðɪŋ//
United States//ˈkloʊðɪŋ//
Scotland//ˈkloðɪŋ//
//ˈkloːðɪŋ//

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.

verb

1
Also a form of clothepresent participle and gerund of clothe

Etymology

From Middle English clothing, clathing, from Old English *clāþung, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþungu (“clothing”), equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots clathing, claithing (“clothing”), Saterland Frisian Klodenge (“clothing”), West Frisian klaaiïng (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish kläding, klädning (“clothing, dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

noun

1
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.
Marco runs a clothing brand.
You should wear warm clothing when it is cold outside.
All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained.
A poncho is an item of clothing used by many people in Latin America.
2
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
3
obsoleteThe art or process of making cloth.
[M]any of the poor diſtreſſed People, being bereft of their Habitation, came into England, vvhere the King, in Compaſſion of their Condition, and alſo, conſidering that they might be beneficial to his Subjects, by instructing them in the Art of Cloathing, firſt placed them about Carliſle in the North, and after removed them into South-VVales, vvhere their Poſterity hath ever ſince remained.
4
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Forms

plural: clothings

cloth · A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or…clothed · Wearing clothes or clothing.clothes · Items of clothing; apparel.

clothing · 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…

cloud · A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.Cloud · A surname.cloudy · Covered with or characterised by clouds.

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