black-clad

adjective

Dressed in black.

Meanings

adjectiveblack-clad (not comparable)

alternative blackclad

  1. not comparableDressed in black.

    Once again, those black-clad figures make a kind of grim visual poetry from the moment.

    2016, Keith Gray, Carl Miller, Ostrich Boys
    2 more examples

    "Yes, you are exactly right. You have called the wayward child by its proper name," repliec the thin black-clad man in a deferential manner as he bowed his head briefly toward the black-clad woman, who had asked the question.

    2010, Uta Christensen, Bed of Roses, Bed of Thorns

    An without warning they appear, the black-clad men, holding automatic rifles, their faces callous, their hands bloody, their three-cornered eyes hard.

    2016, Yashar Kemal, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman

Origin

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APA

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“black-clad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-clad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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