cladding

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Clothing; clothes.
2. noun Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
3. noun A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
4. verb present participle and gerund of clad

Similar words

facing coat shield sheeting covering cover lining liner sheathing sheath

Often followed by

and of is layer material layers materials to panels

Word family

claddings