Clad Definition
klăd
cladding, clads
verb
cladding, clads
Webster's New World
To cover with a protective or insulating layer of other material.
American Heritage
To face the surface of.
To clad a tower in marble.
Webster's New World
To bond a layer of another metal to.
Webster's New World
To clothe.
The horse was clad with its best blanket.
Wiktionary
adjective
Clothed; dressed.
Webster's New World
Having a layer of some other metal or of an alloy bonded to it.
Clad steel, clad coins.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Clad
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Alternative perfect and past participle of clothe: Old English geclæþd, past participle of clæþan (“to clothe”), from clað (“cloth”). Compare Icelandic klæða (“to clothe”).
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Back-formation from cladding
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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