cloathing

English

Noun

cloathing (countable and uncountable, plural cloathings)

1. Obsolete form of clothing.
   • 1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 67:

     From others he ſhall ſtand in need of nothing, / Yet on his Brothers ſhall depend for Cloathing.

   • 1654 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for May 5 1654]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

     I bound my laquay Tho. Headly apprentice to a carpenter, giving with him five pounds and new cloathing

   • 1683, Philotheus Physiologus [pseudonym; Thomas Tryon], The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness, or, A Discourse of Temperance and the Particular Nature of All Things Requisit for the Life of Man, […]. To Which Is Added, A Treatise of Most Sorts of English Herbs, with Several Other Remarkable and Most Useful Observations, […], London: […] Andrew Sowle, page 288:

     Therefore thoſe that uſe themſelves to a mean in Cloathing have better Appetites, are longer breath’d, ſtronger, and not ſo apt to receive Injuries by every ſmall accident, as thoſe that inure themſelves to very warm Cloathes, hot Houſes, an idle soſt Life, and the like Effæminacies.

   • 1703, Daniel Whitby, “A Paraphrase with Annotations on the First Epistle to the Corinthians”, in A Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament, volume II (Containing All the Epistles, with a Discourse on the Millennium. […]), London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], →OCLC, annotations on chapter XV, verse 54, page 194, column 2:

     Thus (c) Pſellus in his Commentary on the Chaldaick Oracles, ſaith, the Chaldees give the Soul two Cloathings; one of the ſpiritual Body, weaved out of that which is ſubject to ſenſe; the other a ſhining, thin body, not ſubject to the Touch, which they call the Superficies; […]

   • a. 1706 (date written), John Ray, “[Discourse II. Of the General Deluge in the Days of Noah, Its Causes and Effects.] That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth since the General Deluge, and by What Means.”, in Three Physio-theological Discourses, […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Innys, […], published 1713, →OCLC, pages 241–242:

     [M]any of the poor diſtreſſed People, being bereft of their Habitation, came into England, vvhere the King, in Compaſſion of their Condition, and alſo, conſidering that they might be beneficial to his Subjects, by instructing them in the Art of Cloathing, firſt placed them about Carliſle in the North, and after removed them into South-VVales, vvhere their Poſterity hath ever ſince remained.

   • 1799, Jonathan Scott translating 'Inayatallah as Bahar-Danush, or, Garden of Knowledge..., Vol. II, p. 74:

     Now perform the religious ceremonies; array me in new and delicate cloathing; perfume me with coſtly eſſences; and, having placed me and the phyſician in a mohaffa,ᶜ throw over it an embroidered covering.

   • 1802, “Twenty-fourth session”, in Laws of the State of New-York‎, volume 1, Albany, New York, page 419:

     XXII. And be it further enacted, That the said non-commissioned officers and privates shall be furnished with necessary arms, ammunition and accoutrements at the expence of the state, which arms and accoutrements shall be delivered to the inspectors of the said prison at the expiration of their several terms of service, and shall wear such uniform as the person administering the government for the time being shall direct, and shall also annually receive the following articles of uniform cloathing, to wit: One hat, one coat, one watchcoat, one vest, two pair of woolen and two pair of linen overalls, four pair of shoes, four shirts, four pair of socks, one blanket, one sock and clasp and one pair of buckles.

   • 1812, chapter V, in Abstract of the General Orders & Regulations in Force in the Honorable East-India Company’s Army, on the Bengal Establishment, Completed to the 1st February, 1812; […], Calcutta: Printed by R. W. Walker, […], →OCLC, page 196:

     Bounty cloathing is to be allowed, in the firſt inſtance, to the corps of Ordnance Drivers, according to the uſage of the Service, and with the bounty cloathing each individual is to be ſupplied on the formation of the corps with a blue turban and a red cummerbund at the coſt of the Government.

Verb

cloathing

1. present participle and gerund of cloathe