Cloth"ing (?), n.
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.