overclothe, v.
(-ˈkləʊð)
Pa. tense and pple. -clothed, -clad (Sc. -cled).
[over- 8.]
trans. To clothe over; to cover over as with clothing.
| c 1400 [see overclose v., quot. 1393]. 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) 2 Cor. v. 2 For in this also do we grone, desirous to be ouerclothed with our habitation that is from heauen. 1585 James I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 15 Fra tyme they see The earth and all with stormes of snow owercled. 1632 Lithgow Trav. iii. 87 Mount Ida is..ouer-clad euen to the toppe with Cypre trees. 1724 Ramsay Health 368 Fertile plains..O'erclad with corn. |