Clout

[klaʊt]

Definition

(noun.) a target used in archery.

(verb.) strike hard, especially with the fist; 'He clouted his attacker'.

Typist: Morton--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

(n.) A swadding cloth.

(n.) A piece; a fragment.

(n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

(n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

(n.) A blow with the hand.

(n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

(n.) To join or patch clumsily.

(n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

(n.) To give a blow to; to strike.

(n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

Typed by Carla

Definition

n. a piece of cloth used for mending: a rag: a piece of cloth used by archers to shoot at then the shot itself: a blow: a cuff.—v.t. to mend with a patch: to cover with a cloth: to cuff.—p.adj. Clout′ed (Shak.) heavy and patched as shoes having nails in the soles: covered with a clout.—adj. Clout′erly clownish.—ns. Clout′-nail a large-headed nail used for the soles of boots; Clout′-shoe a shoe having the sole protected by clout-nails.

Editor: Susanna