clothingn.

Brit.

/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

Etymology: < clothe v.

a. The action of covering or providing with clothes; dressing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun]

clothingc1175

buskingc1330

shriding1340

dressingc1350

attiringa1375

enparelling1496

apparelling?1544

reparelling1579

induition1584

accoutrementa1616

suitinga1637

investiture1651

dress1680

investment1798

garbing1862

kitting1919

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19064 Inn etinng & i drinnkinng ec. I claþinng. & i trowwþe.

1482 Monk of Evesham 100 Suche thyngys as longed to her leuyng and clothyng.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 54 For cloathing me in these graue Ornaments.

b. figurative. Investiture; endowment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > endowing with something

endowingc1440

endowmentc1460

indution1580

investiture1601

investment1624

clothing1875

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. iii. 106 The clothing the donee with the actual possession of the land.

c. Investiture with a religious habit. Cf. clothe v. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [noun]

profession?c1225

conversionc1340

professing1502

clothing1628

vesture1639

novitiation1792

monachization1813

1628 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1905) 1 98 Neece M.S. cloathing and profession.

1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner ii. i. 73 My Lady took at her Cloathing the Name of Sister Teresa Clare.

1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner ii. i. 73 Father Martha a Famous Preacher..of the Society of Iesus, made her Cloathing Sermon.

1701 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1905) 7 92 We were at y^e cloathing of 2 Lay Sisters at y^e Austines.

1884 Tablet 11 Oct. 592/2 The ‘clothing’ of two postulants of the Order of Mercy.

1891 S. Ryder Let. 8 Apr. in C. S. Dessain Lett. J. H. Newman (1962) XII. 373 I entered [the convent]..in the year 1849. Dear Fr. Newman came to my clothing on the following August.

2. concrete.

a. Clothes collectively, apparel, dress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

clothesc888

hattersOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

shrouda1122

clothc1175

hatteringa1200

atourc1220

back-clout?c1225

habit?c1225

clothingc1275

cleadinga1300

dubbinga1300

shroudinga1300

attirec1300

coverturec1300

suitc1325

apparel1330

buskingc1330

farec1330

harness1340

tire1340

backs1341

geara1350

apparelmentc1374

attiringa1375

vesturec1385

heelinga1387

vestmentc1386

arraya1400

graitha1400

livery1399

tirementa1400

warnementa1400

arrayment1400

parelc1400

werlec1400

raiment?a1425

robinga1450

rayc1450

implements1454

willokc1460

habiliment1470

emparelc1475

atourement1481

indumenta1513

reparel1521

wearing gear1542

revesture1548

claesc1550

case1559

attirement1566

furniture1566

investuring1566

apparelling1567

dud1567

hilback1573

wear1576

dress1586

enfolding1586

caparison1589

plight1590

address1592

ward-ware1598

garnish1600

investments1600

ditement1603

dressing1603

waith1603

thing1605

vestry1606

garb1608

outwall1608

accoutrementa1610

wearing apparel1617

coutrement1621

vestament1632

vestiment1637

equipage1645

cask1646

aguise1647

back-timbera1656

investiture1660

rigging1664

drapery1686

vest1694

plumage1707

bussingc1712

hull1718

paraphernalia1736

togs1779

body clothing1802

slough1808

toggery1812

traps1813

garniture1827

body-clothes1828

garmenture1832

costume1838

fig1839

outfit1840

vestiture1841

outer womana1845

outward man1846

vestiary1846

rag1855

drag1870

clo'1874

parapherna1876

clobber1879

threads1926

mocker1939

schmatte1959

vine1959

kit1989

c1275 Laȝamon Brut 3187 Ich þe wole hire bi-wete, mid seolue hire cloþing [c1205 claðen].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4655 And clahtyng on him lette he fall.

c1440 York Myst. xxiii. 97 His clothyng is white as snowe.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xx, in Wks. (1662) 56 Holiness and purity..doth much more adorn a Bishop, then his peculiar form of clothing.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark xii. 38 Beware of the Scribes, which loue to goe in long clothing .

1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 11 Articles of bodily luxury, including clothing.

†b. Bedclothes. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun]

bedclothesa1387

clothesa1400

clothinga1400

bed-stuff1535

furniture1576

bed-linen1815

bed-clothing1852

bed-furniture1861

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8599 Þair clothing [Trin. Cambr. beddyng, Vesp. clathes] was sua nede and fa.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 35 Their skin forms excellent cloathing both for the bed and the body.

†c. An article of dress, a garment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of

raileOE

i-wedeOE

reafOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

back-cloth?c1225

hatter?c1225

clouta1300

coverturec1300

garment1340

vesturec1384

clothc1385

vestmentc1386

jeryne?a1400

clothinga1425

gilla1438

raiment1440

haterella1450

vestimenta1500

indumenta1513

paitclaith1550

casceis1578

attire1587

amice1600

implements1601

cladment1647

enduement1650

vest1655

body garment1688

wearable1711

sledo1719

rag1855

number1894

opaque1903

daytimer1936

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 16 No man puttith a clout of bostous clothe into an olde clothing [1382 clothe].

†d. Livery, uniform; a Livery Company. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > livery company

clothing1418

livery company1658

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > livery

livery1389

clothing1418

liverer1548

cloth1598

1418 in Archives of Grocer's Company i. 117 And all tho that beyn in the Clothinge schulle paye ij^s. vi^d.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlii. 276 Euery man in the clothynge of his crafte.

1529 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 252 The Maysters..shall nott..Admytt any person ynto the Clothyng or lyuerye of the same Mystere, withoute [etc.].

1601 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 256 Itt ys ordered that the Aldermen, the Councell, and the Cloathinge shall wayte on Maister Maior on Blake Monday yearely to Saint Ane Well.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C2^v This Summer. He will be of the Clothing of his company.

e. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 7 Þat comes in clathynge of meknes.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 157 They..with sheepes clothing doen hem disguise.

1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 Words are the Cloathing of our Thoughts.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 99 The..clothing of the mammoth.

Thesaurus »

a. A covering or casing of cloth, or the like.

b. Mechanics. = cleading n. 2.

ΚΠ

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 156 Though the cloathing of the jacks be in close contact with all the strings.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. ix. 280 Her boat..was drawn up under cover, and carefully protected by linen clothing.

c. Nautical. Sails; ‘the rigging of the bowsprit’.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively

sailc1385

canvas1609

linensa1640

cloth1651

white wings1778

clothing1798

muslin1822

sailage1889

1798 J. Wooldridge in Naval Chron. (1799) 1 80 All the timbers, and part of the cloathing, all the rigging.

1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 47 The clothing of bowsprits are now all fitted with either wire or chain strops.

†4. = Cloth-making. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun]

cloth-makingc1405

endrapering1461

draping1483

drapery1488

clothing1548

cloth-working1551

draperinga1552

machine-knitting1886

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §7 Every Person exercising Merchandises, Bargaining and Selling, Clothing, Handicraft or other Art or Faculty.

1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 553 Several Towns there, where cloathing was exercised.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Exeter 273 Cloathing is plyed in this City, with great Industry and Judgment.

Compounds

C1. attributive.

a. Engaged in or concerned with the making and selling of cloth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective]

clothing1594

1594 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex (1840) 9 Ther are within this shire theis especiall clothing townes.

1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 392 The English and Dutch cloathing ships were come to that citty [Smyrna].

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 214 The Cloathing parts of Somerset-shire.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 119 Exported in the Fleece to the cloathing parts of England.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 551 The West Riding of Yorkshire, the most important clothing-district in England, exhibits an area of nearly 40 miles by 20 occupied by clothing towns and villages.

b. Of or for clothes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective]

vestiary1622

vestimentary1803

vestural1834

habilimental1837

habilimentary1845

vestimental1849

vestmental1849

clothing1850

vestiarian1854

schmatte1962

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 131 Marine clothing-room..to receive the clothing of the marines.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 64/2 Colonels of regiments draw off-reckonings, or clothing allowance.

C2.

clothing book n. a ration book containing clothing coupons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > by government or authority > card or coupon of entitlement

ration book1845

meat card1870

ration card1870

ration ticket1871

food card1896

sugar card1917

coupon1918

meat coupon1918

clothing book1943

clothing coupon1943

1943 Times 4 Aug. 2/4 All the coupons in the current 1942–43 clothing book would remain valid at least until the end of 1943.

clothing club n. a club for the exchange or purchase of clothing by small part-payments.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > deposit against future purchase > club or establishment engaging in

clothing club1838

1838 J. Romilly Diary 28 Nov. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 158 In came M^r Hose begging for the Trinity Clothing Club (I gave him a gna).

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance xxii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 311 A clothing club he was going to establish.

1957 J. Braine Room at Top i. 17 The Smiling Zombie, who ran a clothing club and a moneylender's.

clothing coupon n. a ration coupon entitling the holder to a certain quantity of clothes or clothing materials.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > by government or authority > card or coupon of entitlement

ration book1845

meat card1870

ration card1870

ration ticket1871

food card1896

sugar card1917

coupon1918

meat coupon1918

clothing book1943

clothing coupon1943

1943 Punch 31 Mar. 259/1 There is no objection to a husband and wife sharing their clothing coupons.

1946 ‘Tackline’ You met such Nice Girls xiii. 144 It is very strange..why R.N. officers are so much meaner with their clothing-coupons than R.N.V.R. officers.

clothing store n. U.S. a draper's shop.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories

glovery1483

small storesa1643

woollen-drapery1688

slop-shop1723

mercery1773

Manchester warehouse1788

shoe-store1789

haberdashery1813

shoe-shop1824

clothing store1829

mourning house1849

mourning warehousec1860

bootery1920

1829 B. Hall Trav. N. Amer. I. 18 Flour and feed store—Cheap store—Clothing store.

1837 J. M. Peck Gaz. Illinois iii. 306 There are in the town two printing offices..one clothing store [etc.].

1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 281 The dear old fathers of the Eastern churches would have..looked for an asbestos clothing-store.

1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 101 They made no more impression upon him than if they had addressed a clothing-store dummy.

clothing wool n. wool suitable for the manufacture of woollen fabrics.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for manufacture of fabric, garments, or trimmings

bay-yarn1753

genappe1858

clothing wool1869

merino1886

1869 Rep. Secretary of Agric. (U.S.) 7 A sufficiency of most grades of clothing wools has been produced.

1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxvi. 362 Clothing wool Merinos.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clothing
释义	clothingn. Brit. /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ Etymology: < clothe v. 1. a. The action of covering or providing with clothes; dressing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] clothingc1175 buskingc1330 shriding1340 dressingc1350 attiringa1375 enparelling1496 apparelling?1544 reparelling1579 induition1584 accoutrementa1616 suitinga1637 investiture1651 dress1680 investment1798 garbing1862 kitting1919 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19064 Inn etinng & i drinnkinng ec. I claþinng. & i trowwþe. 1482 Monk of Evesham 100 Suche thyngys as longed to her leuyng and clothyng. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 54 For cloathing me in these graue Ornaments. View more context for this quotation b. figurative. Investiture; endowment. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > endowing with something endowingc1440 endowmentc1460 indution1580 investiture1601 investment1624 clothing1875 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. iii. 106 The clothing the donee with the actual possession of the land. c. Investiture with a religious habit. Cf. clothe v. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [noun] profession?c1225 conversionc1340 professing1502 clothing1628 vesture1639 novitiation1792 monachization1813 1628 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1905) 1 98 Neece M.S. cloathing and profession. 1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner ii. i. 73 My Lady took at her Cloathing the Name of Sister Teresa Clare. 1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner ii. i. 73 Father Martha a Famous Preacher..of the Society of Iesus, made her Cloathing Sermon. 1701 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1905) 7 92 We were at y^e cloathing of 2 Lay Sisters at y^e Austines. 1884 Tablet 11 Oct. 592/2 The ‘clothing’ of two postulants of the Order of Mercy. 1891 S. Ryder Let. 8 Apr. in C. S. Dessain Lett. J. H. Newman (1962) XII. 373 I entered [the convent]..in the year 1849. Dear Fr. Newman came to my clothing on the following August. 2. concrete. a. Clothes collectively, apparel, dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 c1275 Laȝamon Brut 3187 Ich þe wole hire bi-wete, mid seolue hire cloþing [c1205 claðen]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4655 And clahtyng on him lette he fall. c1440 York Myst. xxiii. 97 His clothyng is white as snowe. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xx, in Wks. (1662) 56 Holiness and purity..doth much more adorn a Bishop, then his peculiar form of clothing. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xii. 38 Beware of the Scribes, which loue to goe in long clothing . View more context for this quotation 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 11 Articles of bodily luxury, including clothing. †b. Bedclothes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] bedclothesa1387 clothesa1400 clothinga1400 bed-stuff1535 furniture1576 bed-linen1815 bed-clothing1852 bed-furniture1861 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8599 Þair clothing [Trin. Cambr. beddyng, Vesp. clathes] was sua nede and fa. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 35 Their skin forms excellent cloathing both for the bed and the body. †c. An article of dress, a garment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of raileOE i-wedeOE reafOE shroudc1000 weedOE back-cloth?c1225 hatter?c1225 clouta1300 coverturec1300 garment1340 vesturec1384 clothc1385 vestmentc1386 jeryne?a1400 clothinga1425 gilla1438 raiment1440 haterella1450 vestimenta1500 indumenta1513 paitclaith1550 casceis1578 attire1587 amice1600 implements1601 cladment1647 enduement1650 vest1655 body garment1688 wearable1711 sledo1719 rag1855 number1894 opaque1903 daytimer1936 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 16 No man puttith a clout of bostous clothe into an olde clothing [1382 clothe]. †d. Livery, uniform; a Livery Company. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > livery company clothing1418 livery company1658 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > livery livery1389 clothing1418 liverer1548 cloth1598 1418 in Archives of Grocer's Company i. 117 And all tho that beyn in the Clothinge schulle paye ij^s. vi^d. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlii. 276 Euery man in the clothynge of his crafte. 1529 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 252 The Maysters..shall nott..Admytt any person ynto the Clothyng or lyuerye of the same Mystere, withoute [etc.]. 1601 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 256 Itt ys ordered that the Aldermen, the Councell, and the Cloathinge shall wayte on Maister Maior on Blake Monday yearely to Saint Ane Well. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C2^v This Summer. He will be of the Clothing of his company. View more context for this quotation e. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 7 Þat comes in clathynge of meknes. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 157 They..with sheepes clothing doen hem disguise. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 Words are the Cloathing of our Thoughts. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 99 The..clothing of the mammoth. 3. Thesaurus » a. A covering or casing of cloth, or the like. b. Mechanics. = cleading n. 2. ΚΠ 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 156 Though the cloathing of the jacks be in close contact with all the strings. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. ix. 280 Her boat..was drawn up under cover, and carefully protected by linen clothing. c. Nautical. Sails; ‘the rigging of the bowsprit’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively sailc1385 canvas1609 linensa1640 cloth1651 white wings1778 clothing1798 muslin1822 sailage1889 1798 J. Wooldridge in Naval Chron. (1799) 1 80 All the timbers, and part of the cloathing, all the rigging. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 47 The clothing of bowsprits are now all fitted with either wire or chain strops. †4. = Cloth-making. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] cloth-makingc1405 endrapering1461 draping1483 drapery1488 clothing1548 cloth-working1551 draperinga1552 machine-knitting1886 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §7 Every Person exercising Merchandises, Bargaining and Selling, Clothing, Handicraft or other Art or Faculty. 1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 553 Several Towns there, where cloathing was exercised. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Exeter 273 Cloathing is plyed in this City, with great Industry and Judgment. Compounds C1. attributive. a. Engaged in or concerned with the making and selling of cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] clothing1594 1594 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex (1840) 9 Ther are within this shire theis especiall clothing townes. 1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 392 The English and Dutch cloathing ships were come to that citty [Smyrna]. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 214 The Cloathing parts of Somerset-shire. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 119 Exported in the Fleece to the cloathing parts of England. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 551 The West Riding of Yorkshire, the most important clothing-district in England, exhibits an area of nearly 40 miles by 20 occupied by clothing towns and villages. b. Of or for clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective] vestiary1622 vestimentary1803 vestural1834 habilimental1837 habilimentary1845 vestimental1849 vestmental1849 clothing1850 vestiarian1854 schmatte1962 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 131 Marine clothing-room..to receive the clothing of the marines. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 64/2 Colonels of regiments draw off-reckonings, or clothing allowance. C2. clothing book n. a ration book containing clothing coupons. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > by government or authority > card or coupon of entitlement ration book1845 meat card1870 ration card1870 ration ticket1871 food card1896 sugar card1917 coupon1918 meat coupon1918 clothing book1943 clothing coupon1943 1943 Times 4 Aug. 2/4 All the coupons in the current 1942–43 clothing book would remain valid at least until the end of 1943. clothing club n. a club for the exchange or purchase of clothing by small part-payments. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > deposit against future purchase > club or establishment engaging in clothing club1838 1838 J. Romilly Diary 28 Nov. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 158 In came M^r Hose begging for the Trinity Clothing Club (I gave him a gna). 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance xxii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 311 A clothing club he was going to establish. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top i. 17 The Smiling Zombie, who ran a clothing club and a moneylender's. clothing coupon n. a ration coupon entitling the holder to a certain quantity of clothes or clothing materials. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > by government or authority > card or coupon of entitlement ration book1845 meat card1870 ration card1870 ration ticket1871 food card1896 sugar card1917 coupon1918 meat coupon1918 clothing book1943 clothing coupon1943 1943 Punch 31 Mar. 259/1 There is no objection to a husband and wife sharing their clothing coupons. 1946 ‘Tackline’ You met such Nice Girls xiii. 144 It is very strange..why R.N. officers are so much meaner with their clothing-coupons than R.N.V.R. officers. clothing store n. U.S. a draper's shop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories glovery1483 small storesa1643 woollen-drapery1688 slop-shop1723 mercery1773 Manchester warehouse1788 shoe-store1789 haberdashery1813 shoe-shop1824 clothing store1829 mourning house1849 mourning warehousec1860 bootery1920 1829 B. Hall Trav. N. Amer. I. 18 Flour and feed store—Cheap store—Clothing store. 1837 J. M. Peck Gaz. Illinois iii. 306 There are in the town two printing offices..one clothing store [etc.]. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 281 The dear old fathers of the Eastern churches would have..looked for an asbestos clothing-store. 1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 101 They made no more impression upon him than if they had addressed a clothing-store dummy. clothing wool n. wool suitable for the manufacture of woollen fabrics. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for manufacture of fabric, garments, or trimmings bay-yarn1753 genappe1858 clothing wool1869 merino1886 1869 Rep. Secretary of Agric. (U.S.) 7 A sufficiency of most grades of clothing wools has been produced. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxvi. 362 Clothing wool Merinos. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clothingadj. Etymology: formed as clothe v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclothing. That clothes, investing, enveloping. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [adjective] > that provides with or covers with clothing1483 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > as with clothing clothing1668 shawling1930 1483 Cath. Angl. 67 Clethynge, vestiens, amicens. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. Introd. 127 The parts..are some of them external and cloathing, others internal and contained. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1175adj.1483
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