clothing

/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

UK: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/

clothing

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Definition

present participle and gerund of clothe

Etymology

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.