Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothedor Clad; p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.]

[OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[ae][eth]an. See Cloth.]

1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.

2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21.

The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith.

3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.

Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts.

His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.

Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n.

1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton.

As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps. xxxv. 13

2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]

Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. --Ray.

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. --Knight.

4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)