: something that covers or overlays
specifically
: metal coating bonded to a metal core
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Consider using Cambria as window-sill cladding, shelving for a wet bar, or even as focal-point wall installations that serve as artwork in their own right.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
The building is immediately recognizable with clay brick cladding covering the structure's concrete and fly ash bricks.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2026
At the north end of the block is a 156-foot, 11-story-high hotel with cast stone and masonry cladding.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The photo gives us an imposing view of the ELT's massive motorized doors, which are in the process of receiving their outer aluminium cladding.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
The building is immediately recognizable with clay brick cladding covering the structure's concrete and fly ash bricks.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2026
At the north end of the block is a 156-foot, 11-story-high hotel with cast stone and masonry cladding.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The photo gives us an imposing view of the ELT's massive motorized doors, which are in the process of receiving their outer aluminium cladding.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Cladding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cladding. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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