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cladding

/ˈklædɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. (past tense clad) To clothe.
  2. (past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop.
  3. (figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality)
  4. Clothing; clothes.
  5. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
  6. A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

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Sources

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