CLADDING

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clad⋅ding

[klad-ing]

–noun

1.	the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.

2.	metal bonded to an inner core of another metal.

Origin:
1880–85; clad ² + -ing ¹

1 [klad]

–verb

1.	a pt. and pp. of clothe.

–adjective (usually used in combination)

2.	dressed: ill-clad vagrants.

3.	covered: vine-clad cottages.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME cladd(e), OE clāthod(e) clothed. See clothe, -ed ²

2 [klad]

–verb (used with object), clad, clad⋅ding.

to bond a metal to (another metal), esp. to provide with a protective coat.

Origin:
1935–40; special use of clad ¹

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clad¹ (klād)

tr.v. clad, clad·ding, clads

[Back-formation from cladding.]

clad·ding (klād'ĭng)

A metal coating bonded onto another metal under high pressure and temperature.
The process of forming such a coating.
A protective or insulating layer fixed to the outside of a building or another structure.

[Earlier, clothing, possibly from clad².]

Word Origin & History

clad

1300, alternate pt. and pp. of clothe, from O.E. geclæþd, pp. of clæþan "to clothe," from clað "cloth."

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