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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouted}; p. pr & vb n. {Clouting}.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See {Clout}, n.] 1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh. ix 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. --Latimer. 2. To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher 3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 4. To give a blow to to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it --Howell. 5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. {Clouted cream}, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. --A. Philips. Note: ``Clouted brogues'' in Shakespeare and ``clouted shoon'' in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others patched shoes.
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