claes

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Northern England, Scotland/kleːz/

noun

clothes

OriginMiddle English clathes ← Old English clāþas →
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Meanings

nounclaes pl (plural only)
  1. Scotlandpluralplural onlyclothes

Origin

  1. Old Englishclāþas“clothes”
  2. Middle Englishclathes
  3. Englishclaes

Variant of clathes, from Middle English clathes, from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”). More at clothes.

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APA

claes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claes

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claes.

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