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noun clad·ding \ˈkla-diŋ\

Definition of cladding

: something that covers or overlays; specifically : metal coating bonded to a metal core

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Recent Examples of cladding from the Web

The panels, also called cladding, accentuate a building’s appearance and also improve energy efficiency.

— jeff martin, The Seattle Times, "AP Exclusive: US hotel, NFL arena may sport flammable panels," 20 July 2017
The panels, also called cladding, accentuate a building's appearance and also improve energy efficiency.

— CBS News, "AP: Cleveland Browns’ stadium, other U.S. structures may have highly flammable panels," 20 July 2017
Camden council, in north London, was one of the first to try to move residents out of towers with the flammable aluminium-composite cladding, in the days after the Grenfell fire.

— The Economist, "After Grenfell, councils scramble to fireproof their buildings," 20 July 2017
The permits, issued in 1998 and 1999, do not say whether the material was used in the cladding.

— luke broadwater, baltimoresun.com, "After deadly London fire, Marriott reviewing material used on Harbor East hotel," 11 July 2017
The fire is suspected to have been stoked by the building's flammable exterior cladding, which was used to cut costs during a recent refurbishment of the building.

— meera senthilingam and michael nedelman, CNN, "What it takes to survive when you lose everything," 5 July 2017
Hoping to prevent another disaster and assuage concerns, the UK government has urged local authorities and landlords to send samples of external cladding for further testing.

— eliza mackintosh, CNN, "How the UK's tower block crisis has spread in one graphic," 27 June 2017
Donald Bliss, vice president of field operations for the NFPA, who warned last year that exterior cladding was likely to result in a deadly fire, underscored that materials like those blamed for the Grenfell disaster aren't the only issue.

— Bloomberg.com, "London’s Fire Symptomatic of Larger Safety Issues Globally," 27 June 2017
Last week, the London borough of Camden ordered the evacuation of 4,000 residents of a five-tower complex, Chalcots Estate, where the buildings were covered in the same flammable cladding used on Grenfell Tower.

— ceylan yeginsu, New York Times, "U.K. Orders Inquiry Into Cladding After Grenfell Tower Fire," 27 June 2017

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