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.
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