cladding

From clad +‎ -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklædɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ædɪŋ

cladding (countable and uncountable, plural claddings)

1. (rare) Clothing; clothes.
2. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
3. (construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.

   Synonym: (US) siding

cladding

1. present participle and gerund of clad