cladding
/ˈklædɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- (past tense clad) To clothe.
- (past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop.
- (figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality)
- 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 (called siding in the US).
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