clad /klæd/ BrE AmE adjective literary
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Old past participle of clothe ]
1 . wearing a particular kind of clothing
clad in
She felt hot, despite being clad only in a thin cotton dress.
warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc)
2 . snow-clad/ivy-clad etc covered in a particular thing:
an armour-clad ship