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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clothing
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an item of clothing
▪ She’d bought a few items of clothing for her trip.
ladies’ fashion/clothing/shoes etc
▪ ladies’ underwear
shoe/clothing/grocery etc storeAmerican English (= one that sells one type of goods)
▪ She worked in a grocery store before going to college.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
outdoor
▪ The walks take place in all but the most extreme weather conditions, so please wear suitable outdoor clothing.
▪ I went to a well-known outdoor equipment and clothing firm in London yesterday to buy a daysack.
▪ Notes Outdoor clothing is recommended, including walking boots or wellingtons.
▪ It was true, the old ramblers were both ugly and kitted out in the very best of outdoor clothing.
▪ Pages and serving women hastened through it, each of them bearing an item of outdoor clothing.
▪ Free from outdated rules regarding outdoor clothing and morals, the Lawrences certainly had a more lively manner.
▪ Outdoor clothing manufacturers Craghoppers will be supplying top of the range outdoor clothing as prizes.
protective
▪ Obviously, you have to wear quite a lot of protective clothing to minimise the risk of getting injured.
▪ The inquest heard Mrs Weaver was an experienced horsewoman with the correct protective clothing and headgear.
▪ Hazardous materials should be provided in such a way that the appropriate protective clothing should automatically be provided.
▪ The self is a muffled self: it wears a suit of protective clothing.
▪ Health hazards arise since full protective clothing is unbearable in a tropical climate, even if the poor farmers could afford it.
▪ Embalmers are advised of the protective clothing required both for handling the chemicals and the deceased persons themselves.
▪ Voice over Firefighters wearing special protective clothing made their way through the dense smoke towards the fuel flask.
special
▪ Left: Pitch handling at Doncaster. Special clothing was worn for handling this very dusty cargo.
▪ People from some cultures may have special clothing needs.
▪ Voice over Firefighters wearing special protective clothing made their way through the dense smoke towards the fuel flask.
▪ Instead, two technicians put on special protective clothing, removed a plug and looked inside the pile.
warm
▪ Following the successful Cold Front appeal it's flying in warm clothing and our reporter Kim Barnes joined the airlift.
▪ Grants are made for warm clothing, heating bills, beds and bedding, nourishing foods, convalescent holidays, etc.
▪ Many historic sites and buildings can be cold even in summer, and warm clothing and appropriate footwear may be needed.
▪ Some items of warm clothing may not seem very fashionable today, but they can be very effective.
▪ When the extremities are warm, the whole body can be kept warm with light clothing.
▪ Bring a packed lunch, warm clothing and waterproofs and wear stout footwear.
▪ Go well prepared with a map and compass and warm waterproof clothing.
▪ Wear trainers, warm clothing and waterproofs and don't forget to bring a packed lunch and a change of clothes.
■ NOUN
coupon
▪ Cassie didn't see Bella troubling her head with clothing coupons and ration books.
▪ A ration book for certain items of food, clothing coupons, driving licence.
▪ Trained mind I might be supposed to have, but this did not stop me from losing my clothing coupons.
factory
▪ Other engineering and light industries are filling many of the old mills and clothing factories.
▪ A few clothing factories provide work for the women of Scunthorpe.
▪ There is of course nothing new in finding new uses: Malmesbury Abbey after the Reformation became Britain's first clothing factory.
▪ Some other companies employed female workers in clothing factories.
▪ The Plummers - he ran a small clothing factory in Leeds - would have been a boring couple at any time.
industry
▪ They make leather for the clothing industry and the international recession has taken its toll.
▪ We needed an effective and interesting way of telling our jobseekers about training and job opportunities in the clothing industry.
▪ Does a disorganised clothing industry with little commercial interest in quality simply reflect our own limited needs and aspirations?
▪ They consider that unless the farming methods are tackled, no clothing industry can claim that its product is ecologically sound.
▪ Where are the two main centres for the clothing industry?
manufacturer
▪ Outdoor clothing manufacturers Craghoppers will be supplying top of the range outdoor clothing as prizes.
■ VERB
buy
▪ Because your £6 helps buy him protective clothing and helps us provide him with the best equipped boats.
▪ I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning, before the trial began.
▪ Families on supplementary benefit, now income support, are likely to borrow to buy items of clothing or durable household goods.
provide
▪ By 1801, the House was providing all the clothing for the prisoners in Bedford gaol.
▪ Although my family hadn't sheltered any prisoners-of-war, we had provided food and clothing, so we too could claim.
▪ As well as those mentioned, there are others too that have been domesticated over the centuries providing food, clothing and transportation.
▪ The programme aimed to provide food, clothing and medical supplies to 1,500,000 people, as well as meeting transport costs.
remove
▪ You will not be asked to remove any clothing apart from your shoes.
wear
▪ Is all your equipment seaworthy and suitable? Wear appropriate clothing.
▪ The walks take place in all but the most extreme weather conditions, so please wear suitable outdoor clothing.
▪ Voice over Firefighters wearing special protective clothing made their way through the dense smoke towards the fuel flask.
▪ Always wear the right clothing for the activity you choose - clothing worn too tight can hinder circulation.
▪ He braked but could not avoid the pedestrian whom he thought was wearing dark clothing.
▪ Tests were conducted on students wearing the recommended protective clothing.
▪ Stay still and wear camouflaged clothing and you blend into the bankside vegetation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wolf in sheep's clothing
▪ If ever there was a wolf in sheep's clothing this Bill is it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an expensive clothing store
▪ Because of the heat, officials are asking people to wear light, loose-fitting clothing and to drink plenty of water.
▪ Charities have been delivering food and clothing to the disaster area.
▪ Lab workers must wear protective clothing.
▪ The church provides blankets and clothing for homeless children.
▪ There was nothing in the chest except for a few items of clothing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A change of clothing also lets you off the hook.
▪ Always wear the right clothing for the activity you choose - clothing worn too tight can hinder circulation.
▪ Becoming embarrassingly aware of the awful smell emanating from her sodden clothing, she closed her eyes in defeat.
▪ Half-facet ... Obispal spotted a lone purestrain Stealer lurking some way down a dismal arcade lined by shuttered clothing stores.
▪ In fact, innumerable changes will result affecting agricultural, housing, medical, clothing and amusement policies.
▪ So far, most discounters have stuck to selling food, though Aldi does use one-off promotions of clothing to attract customers.
▪ There is of course nothing new in finding new uses: Malmesbury Abbey after the Reformation became Britain's first clothing factory.
▪ They quite literally fought naked because clothing might protect you from the wound.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clothing

Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed (kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); 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.

Clothing

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.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clothing

c.1200, "action of dressing in clothes," verbal noun from clothe. From late 13c. as "clothes collectively;" 1590s as an adjective.

Wiktionary
clothing

n. 1 Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion. 2 An act or instance of putting clothes on. 3 (context obsolete English) The art of process of making cloth. 4 A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. vb. (present participle of clothe English)

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WordNet
clothing

n. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: article of clothing, vesture, wear]

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Wikipedia
Clothing

Clothing (also called clothes) is manufactured fiber and textile material worn on the body. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to humans and is a feature of nearly all human society. The amount and type of clothing one wears depend on physical requirements and local culture. Cultures regard some clothing types as gender-specific.

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Usage examples of "clothing".

Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, but before it could arrive, Jefferson had concluded that it must be some article of home-produced clothing, and so in reply to Adams wrote at length about the virtues of the spinning jenny and loom, and of the thriftiness of household manufactures.

We are naturally shocked at the clothing of a grave subject in anapestic metre, or the treatment of a long and lofty theme in short, choppy lines.

As she lumbered clumsily toward Kethry, the sorceress got a whiff of an unpleasant reekhalf unwashed clothing and stale sweat, half an animallike musk.

But the heavy winter clothing she was wearing could have easily concealed a small handgun, and Anse was beginning to suspect that Noelle Murphy was someone who was often full of surprises.

Silver rims or lines covered their joint areas on the clothing, like the shoulders and elbows, and even covering their rib, waist, shoulder, and neck area.

They stayed there most of the day, catching up on food and sleep and being fitted with Argentian clothing.

Smiling faces on folks laden with armsful of clothing, toiletries and treats, singing the praises of Bianca Germayne, played very well, especially when counterpointed against local government officials saying that everyone would have to tighten their belts and pull together until the crisis passed.

The duke has sworn that any who asks to be returned to Earth will be returned there on the next available car and given clothing and money.

Baba fully agreed that it would be difficult to discern his true identity, for, surrounded by so many with virtually identical beards and clothing, he, too, found it nearly impossible to recognize those among the thieves whom he had so recently learned to know as individuals.

His only clothing was a hide loincloth and a brace of belts cinched tight over his stomach.

And when Joe Granado applied the benzidine test to the clothing, the results were uniformly negative.

Many of the spots on the clothing the TV crew had found gave a positive benzidine reaction, indicating blood, but Granado was unable to determine whether it was animal or human.

Under his clothing Bergamo was pale his body not nearly as wrinkled as his face, and in pretty good shape.

From the rest of the lamplit gloom his eyes picked out a pallet on the groundsheet of the tent, hooks on the central pole of the tent for clothing and weapons, a chest with her name and rank stenciled on it in the blockier form of Nantukhtar writing.

During the hot stage, the extra clothing and the bottles of hot water should be gradually removed and cold drinks taken instead of warm.