cloathing

Noun

clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings)

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.

   Synonyms:

   attire, apparel, clothes, duds, garments, habiliment, item of clothing, kit (UK), piece of clothing, raiment

2. An act or instance of putting clothes on.
   • The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.

   Synonyms:

   dressing

   Antonyms:

   undressing

3. (obsolete) The 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...a. 1706 (date written), John Ray, “[Discourse II. Of the General Deluge in the Days of Noah, Its Causes and Effects.] That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth...
4. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.