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.