Clothing

What “Clothing” means

Noun

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. The art or 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.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English clothing, clathing, from Old English *clāþung, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþungu (“clothing”), equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots clathing, claithing (“clothing”), Saterland Frisian Klodenge (“clothing”), West Frisian klaaiïng (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish kläding, klädning (“clothing, dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

Business name ideas with “Clothing”

Industries where “Clothing” fits

We suggest this word for 8 business types and industries, including:

• Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores
• Clothing Accessories Stores
• Family Clothing Stores
• Men's Clothing Stores
• Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers
• Other Clothing Stores
• Women's Clothing Stores
• Women's, Children's, and Infants' Clothing and Accessories Merchant Wholesalers