3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}or {Clad}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[ae][eth]an. See {Cloth}.]
1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
to clothe one's self extravagantly.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
xxiii. 21.
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his
clothes. --Goldsmith.
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
one with authority or power.
Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
--Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
garb. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n.
1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet
on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton.
As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps.
xxxv. 13
2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]
Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.
--Ray.
3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a
boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
--Knight.
4. (Mach.) See {Card clothing}, under 3d {Card}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clothing
n : a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {article
of clothing}, {vesture}, {wear}]