cladding See {clad} clad See {clothe} [also: {cladding}] clad adj 1: wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses" [syn: {clothed}] [ant: {unclothed}] 2: having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad" [also: {cladding}] cladding n : a protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: {facing}]