clothing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
    habiliment; wear; vesture; wearable; article of clothing.
  2. verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
    enclothe; garment; fit out; garb; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
    • Parents must feed and dress their child
  3. verb furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    invest; adorn; clothe.
  4. verb cover as if with clothing
    robe; drape; cloak; clothe.
    • the mountain was clothed in tropical trees

WordNet

Cloth"ing noun
Definitions
  1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
    From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton.
    As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13
  2. The art of process of making cloth. R.
    Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.
  3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.
  4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

Webster 1913