clad
verb
[ klad ]
• past participle of clothe.
clad
adjective
• clothed.
• "they were clad in T-shirts and shorts"
Similar:
dressed,
clothed,
attired,
got up,
garbed,
rigged out,
costumed,
wearing,
sporting,
dolled up,
caparisoned,
accoutred,
apparelled,
• covered with cladding.
• "copper-clad boards"
clad
verb
• encase (a structure) with a covering or coating.
• "he cladded the concrete-frame structure in stainless steel"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘clothe’): apparently from clad1.
clothe
verb
• put clothes on (oneself or someone); dress.
• "Francesca was clothed in white"
Similar:
dress,
attire,
outfit,
array,
rig (out),
turn out,
fit out,
costume,
trick out/up,
robe,
garb,
deck out,
drape,
accoutre,
put clothes on,
doll up,
get up,
bedizen,
caparison,
apparel,
trap out,
habit,
invest,
cover,
overlay,
overspread,
cloak,
blanket,
carpet,
envelop,
swathe,
swaddle,
shroud,
wrap,
surround,
enshroud,
Origin:
Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded ), from clāth (see cloth).
