cladding

English

Etymology

From clad +‎ -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklædɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ædɪŋ

Noun

cladding (countable and uncountable, plural claddings)

(rare) Clothing; clothes.
Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

Translations

an outside building covering

Bulgarian: облицовка (bg) f (oblicóvka), обшивка (bg) f (obšívka)
Finnish: verhous
Maori: tūpuni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kledning (no) m or f

Russian: обши́вка (ru) f (obšívka)
Spanish: revestimiento (es) m

Verb

cladding

present participle of clad

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