clad

1
[ klad ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.

adjective(usually used in combination)
  1. dressed: ill-clad vagrants.

  2. covered: vine-clad cottages.

Origin of clad

1
before 950; Middle English cladd(e), Old English clāthod(e) clothed. See clothe, -ed2

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Other definitions for clad (2 of 3)

clad2
[ klad ]

verb (used with object),clad, clad·ding.
  1. to bond a metal to (another metal), especially to provide with a protective coat.

Origin of clad

2
First recorded in 1935–40; special use of clad1

Other definitions for clad- (3 of 3)

clad-

  1. variant of clado- before a vowel.

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British Dictionary definitions for clad (1 of 2)

clad1

/ (klæd) /


verb
  1. a past participle of clothe

Origin of clad

1
Old English clāthode clothed, from clāthian to clothe

British Dictionary definitions for clad (2 of 2)

clad2

/ (klæd) /


verbclads, cladding or clad
  1. (tr) to bond a metal to (another metal), esp to form a protective coating

Origin of clad

2
C14 (in the obsolete sense: to clothe): special use of clad 1

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