CLOUT

noun a swadding cloth.

2. clout ·noun a piece; a fragment.

3. clout ·noun a blow with the hand.

4. clout ·noun to join or patch clumsily.

5. clout ·noun to stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

6. clout ·noun to give a blow to; to strike.

7. clout ·noun a cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

8. clout ·noun to quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

9. clout ·noun an iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

10. clout ·noun the center of the butt at which archers shoot;

— probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

11. clout ·noun to cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.