cladding

[klad-ing]

noun

1. the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.

2. metal bonded to an inner core of another metal.

cladding

/ ˈklædɪŋ /

noun

1. the process of protecting one metal by bonding a second metal to its surface

2. the protective coating so bonded to metal

3. the material used for the outside facing of a building, etc

Other Word Forms

• undercladding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cladding¹

First recorded in 1880–85; clad ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Above ground it is a low-slung angular wisp of an object, whose cladding in mirrored steel deprives it of any sense of form or substance.

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The block is surrounded by scaffolding because of cladding remediation work.

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Or, it could function as a durable external cladding.

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As well as a drop in sale prices, Taylor Wimpey also recorded £92m pre-tax loss for the first six months of the year largely due to "exceptional charges" from cladding fixes.

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The annual buildings insurance costs for his apartment block, which contains 144 flats, have tripled in recent years, he says, to more than £150,000 mainly because the building is assessed as having dangerous cladding.

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Related Words

• covering