Clothing /(?)/

Cloth·ing

Clothing

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.
    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.
  3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
  4. See Card clothing, under 3d Card. (Mach.)