Home › Words › C › claddingcladding/ˈklædɪŋ/cladding means clothing; clothes.cladding is pronounced /ˈklædɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.nounClothing; clothes.Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clad 77% match — Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed. vs cladding →cladder 72% match — One who applies cladding, or insulation. vs cladding →beclad 68% match — Clothed about; clad. vs cladding →clead 65% match — To clothe. vs cladding →clouts 65% match — Clothes. vs cladding →clothed 64% match — Wearing clothes or clothing. vs cladding →reclad 64% match — To clad again. vs cladding →clapboard 63% match — A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction. vs cladding →