Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clouting"

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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