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To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak.

is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.

A frame to hang clothes on.

A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

A receptacle for clothes.

Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

To clothe.

The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

To clothe again.

Clothed in sackcloth.

Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.

A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. I. Watts. [We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon. 2 Cor. v. 4.

Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked. -- Un*cloth"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.

Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.

To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel.

A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.

To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25.