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cleading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clead-ing
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.

noun

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Scots cleding, cleiding, from earlier cleething, claithing, cleithing (“clothing”), from Middle English clething (“clothing”). See cloth, clothing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cleding, clething

Inflected Forms

cleadings (plural)

Questions

What does cleading mean?
A cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.
Where does cleading come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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