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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CLAD, ppl.adj. Sc. usages: 1. In comb. ¶clad-stick, an umbrella; 2. covered or lined with wood. Hence clading, vbl.n., flooring or lining with wood, boarding, lagging (Sc. 1952 Builder (20 June) 942). See Cleed, v.1. s.Sc. 1906 Border Mag. (June) 118:
He carries a “clad-stick,” which is their name for an umbrella.
2. Bnff. 1709 Boharm Parish Mag. (Nov. 1893):
£6 given to Rob. M'Laharich for clading the Bridge of Fiddich.
Edb. 1755 Session Papers, Laing v. Baron Idle (5 March) 8:
The patching up of the old Roof by clatting the Couples.
Ayr. 1767 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. (8 Dec.):
One Cupple must either be renewed or clad with two pieces of Wood.
Sc. 1858 H. Stephens Farm Implements 421:
In all carts of the descriptions here noticed, the cladding or boarding of the floor and sides is an important point.

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