clad (adj.)

"to put on garments; provide with clothing," Old English claðian, from claþ (see cloth). Related: Clothed, clothing. Other Old English words for this were scrydan and gewædian. Figurative sense "cover as with clothing" is from c. 1300.

1852 of knights, 1861, of warships, American English, from iron (n.) + clad. Figuratively, of contracts, etc., "very rigid or strict, allowing no evasion or escape," from 1884. As a noun meaning "iron-clad ship," it is attested from 1862.

also skyclad, "naked, clothed in space," by 1909 (Webster), from sky (n.) + clad. OED says "esp. in Witchcraft," but perhaps translating Sanskrit digam-bara "having the four quarters for clothing;" sky-clothed translating the Sanskrit term is attested by 1924.