verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.
- to dress; attire.
- to provide with clothing.
- to cover with or as with clothing.
verb clothes, clothing, clothed or clad (tr)
- to dress or attire (a person)
- to provide with clothing or covering
- to conceal or disguise
- to endow or invest
Old English claðian, from claþ (see cloth). Related: Clothed, clothing. Other Old English words for this were scrydan and gewædian.