/kleek/ , n. , v. , claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleeking .
n.
1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook, esp. one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
2. Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.
v.t.
3. Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.
[ 1350-1400; ME (Scots) cleke hook, deriv. of cleke to take hold of, var. of cleche, akin to CLUTCH 1 ]