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clothing

clot·hing

UK/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ US/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ common

noun

1.

a covering designed to be worn on a person''s body

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Origin

From Middle English clothing, clathing, from Old English *clāþung, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþungu (“clothing”), equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots clathing, claithing (“clothing”), Saterland Frisian Klodenge (“clothing”), West Frisian klaaiïng (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish kläding, klädning (“clothing, dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

Phrases

  • clothing bin
  • clothing compulsive
  • clothing hanger
  • clothing iron
  • clothing moth
  • clothing optional
  • item of clothing
  • piece of clothing

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