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clad·ding
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ɪŋ
/
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-ing
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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.
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Origin:
1880–85;
clad
2
+
-ing
1
Related forms
un·der·clad·ding,
noun
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clad
1
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klæd
/
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klad
]
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verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of
clothe.
adjective
(usually used in combination)
2.
dressed:
ill-clad vagrants.
3.
covered:
vine-clad cottages.
Origin:
before 950;
Middle English
cladd
(
e
),
Old English
clāthod
(
e
) clothed.
See
clothe
,
-ed
2
clad
2
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klæd
/
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klad
]
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verb (used with object),
clad,
clad·ding.
to bond a metal to (another metal), especially to provide with a protective coat.
Origin:
1935–40;
special use of
clad
1
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cladding
(ˈklædɪŋ)
—
n
1.
the process of protecting one metal by bonding a second metal to its surface
2.
the protective coating so bonded to metal
3.
the material used for the outside facing of a building, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
clad
1300, alternative pt. and pp. of
clothe
, from O.E. geclæþd, pp. of clæþan "to clothe," from clað "cloth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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