"clouting" meaning in All languages combined

See clouting on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cloutings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English clouting; equivalent to clout + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clouting}} Middle English clouting, {{af|en|clout|-ing}} clout + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clouting (countable and uncountable, plural cloutings)
  1. The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clouting-en-noun-KH-IfzKJ
  2. A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clouting-en-noun--Psxfbse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 57 12 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ing: 15 45 14 16 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 62 8 11 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 72 6 8 5 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: car clouting

Verb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English clouting; equivalent to clout + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clouting}} Middle English clouting, {{af|en|clout|-ing}} clout + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} clouting
  1. present participle and gerund of clout Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: clout
    Sense id: en-clouting-en-verb-Tgw44121

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈkluːtinɡ/
Etymology: From clout + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|clout|-ing}} clout + -ing Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} clouting
  1. patching, fixing
    Sense id: en-clouting-enm-noun-8c7CNqsP
  2. adulteration (adding in error)
    Sense id: en-clouting-enm-noun-P5u9gg0-
  3. (rare) alleviation Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clouting-enm-noun-anlas90t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cloutinge, clowtynge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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