Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cleading"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lagging \Lag"ging\, n.
1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as
of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of
heat; a covering of lags; -- called also {deading} and
{cleading}.

2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib
to another in the centering of arches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cleading \Clead"ing\, n. [Scot., clothing. See {Cloth}.]
1. A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent
radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of
a steam engine.

2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.


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