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cleading

cleading noun: a cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.

Noun

cleading (plural cleadings)

  1. A cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.
    • aluminium cleading
  2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

Forms of cleading

pluralcleadings

Origin of cleading

From Scots cleding, cleiding, from earlier cleething, claithing, cleithing (“clothing”), from Middle English clething (“clothing”). See cloth, clothing.

Questions about cleading

What does cleading mean?
Cleading means a cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.
What part of speech is cleading?
Cleading is a noun.
What is the plural of cleading?
The plural of cleading is cleadings.

Words near cleading in the dictionary

  1. CLDCs
  2. CLDR
  3. CLE
  4. Clea
  5. clead
  6. cleading
  7. cleadings
  8. cleam
  9. cleamed
  10. cleaming
  11. cleams

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