Added 9 October 2026
clothing
/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ verb
In Latin: vestīmentum, amiculum, vestis Wiktionary
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- present participle and gerund of clothe
noun
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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.
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An act or instance of putting clothes on.
The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
- The art or process of making cloth.
Origin
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.
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