clead

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English clethen, from Old English clǣþan (“to clothe”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick to, adhere”). Cognate with Scots cleed, cleid (“to clothe”). Doublet of cloth, clothe, and clad.

Verb

clead (third-person singular simple present cleads, present participle cleading, simple past and past participle cleaded)

  1. (transtive, Northen England, Scotland) To clothe.

Derived terms

Noun

clead (uncountable)

  1. (Northen England, Scotland) Clothing, attire.
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