clothing
UK /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ · US /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of clothe
Forms clothings cloathing
- noun Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion. “Marco runs a clothing brand.”
- noun An act or instance of putting clothes on. “The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.”
- noun (obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
- noun A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Synonyms
attire apparel clothes duds garments habiliment item of clothing kit (UK) piece of clothing raiment threads wardrobe dressing dress garment weed article of clothing vesture wear wearable
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English clothing, clathing, from Old English *clāþung, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþungu (“clothing”), equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots clathing, claithing (“clothing”), Saterland Frisian Klodenge (“clothing”), West Frisian klaaiïng (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish kläding, klädning (“clothing, dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “clothing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details