cleading

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noun

A cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.

“aluminium cleading”

OriginScots cleding ← Middle English clething →
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Meanings

nouncleading (plural cleadings)

plural cleadings

  1. A cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.

    aluminium cleading

  2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishclething“clothing”
  2. Scotscleding
  3. Englishcleading

From Scots cleding, cleiding, from earlier cleething, claithing, cleithing (“clothing”), from Middle English clething (“clothing”). See cloth, clothing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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