cloth·ing

[kloh-thing]
noun
1.
garments collectively; clothes; raiment; apparel.
2.
a covering.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see clothe, -ing1

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clothe

[klohth]
verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.
1.
to dress; attire.
2.
to provide with clothing.
3.
to cover with or as with clothing.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth

Related forms
half-clothed, adjective
pre·clothe, verb (used with object), pre·clothed, pre·cloth·ing.
re·clothe, verb (used with object), re·clothed or re·clad, re·cloth·ing.
un·der·clothed, adjective
well-clothed, adjective

Can be confused: close, cloth, clothe, clothes, cloze (see synonym study at close).

Synonyms
1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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World English Dictionary
clothe (kləʊð) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb , clothes, clothing, clothed, clad
1.  to dress or attire (a person)
2.  to provide with clothing or covering
3.  to conceal or disguise
4.  to endow or invest
 
[Old English clāthian, from clāthcloth; related to Old Norse klætha]

clothing (ˈkləʊðɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  garments collectively
2.  something that covers or clothes

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Word Origin & History

clothe
O.E. claþian (see cloth).
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases

clothing

see wolf in sheep's clothing.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Formal dress dictated that females wear such intimate, and often uncomfortable,
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In these same ports, he buys or barters for cheap clothing, which he brings
  back upriver to sell.
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