clead

English

Alternative forms

• cleed, cled, cleid, cleath, clethe, cleith, cleth (Scotland)

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

• cleading

Noun

clead (uncountable)

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