Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
...stone cladding.
2. uncountable noun
Cladding is a layer of metal which is put round fuel rods in a nuclear reactor.
cladding in British English
(ˈklædɪŋ)
noun
1.
the process of protecting one metal by bonding a second metal to its surface
2.
the protective coating so bonded to metal
3.
the material used for the outside facing of a building, etc
cladding in American English
(kældɪŋ)
noun
1.
a layer of some metal or alloy bonded to another metal
2.
the process of bonding such materials
Word origin
see clad
Examples of 'cladding' in a sentence
cladding
Timber cladding, plasterboard, thick rugs on the walls do a lot to damp down sounds.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (2004)
At best, they received an annual baptism of bunker oil to protect their rough, salt-bleached cladding.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
No sound could have reached him from such distance behind the thickness of glass, cladding and brick.
Adair, Tom (Intro) THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2004)
"Yes, it's a new Subaru Forester, red, mono color, no cladding.