v. Pa. t. and pple. beclothed, beclad. [f. BE- 1 + CLOTHE.] trans. To clothe about, cover with clothes.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas., XLII. iii. Thy beaute … becladde with cloth of pleasaunce.
1640. Fuller, Joseph’s Coat (1867), 213. The right, with mourning weeds, the world beclad.
1775. R. Chandler, Trav. Greece (1825), II. 153. Enwrapped and beclothed in such a manner, it is impossible to discern whether they are young or old.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., etc. I. 106. Brown heaths be-clothed in furze.
