cladding

fe’l verb

1. (past tense clad) To clothe.
2. (past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop.
3. (figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality)

ot noun

1. Clothing; clothes.
2. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
3. A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).