clothingn.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.()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.()