"clout" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /kluːt/ Forms: cloutes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz. Compare cloud. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|clūt}} Old English clūt, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*klūt}} Proto-West Germanic *klūt, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*klūtaz}} Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, {{m|enm|cloud}} cloud Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} clout, {{enm-noun|cloutes}} clout (plural cloutes)
  1. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    A patch (fabric for mending).
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-WideMfMs Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2
  2. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    A bandage or dressing (for wounds)
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-F23BeI1- Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2
  3. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    rag, tatter (piece of clothing)
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-mMTyS3gU Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 9 7 1 0 1 20 3 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 17 5 5 12 1 3 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 0 7 7 1 0 1 18 4 1 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 18 5 5 15 1 4 0 1
  4. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    Threadbare or inferior clothing.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-msdaAKBc Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2
  5. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    Cloth for wrapping babies; swaddling clothes.
    Categories (topical): Babies, Clothing, Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-YtHpSqiD Disambiguation of Babies: 4 4 12 7 43 11 11 5 1 4 Disambiguation of Clothing: 9 9 9 22 31 9 7 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2
  6. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    A burial shroud.
    Categories (topical): Burial, Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-SkuU~sM6 Disambiguation of Burial: 3 3 14 6 6 58 6 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 15 15 15 16 7 2 0 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 9 7 1 0 1 20 3 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 17 5 5 12 1 3 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 0 7 7 1 0 1 18 4 1 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 18 5 5 15 1 4 0 1
  7. A washer; a round metal panel.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-3uSCxbk7
  8. A fragment or shred.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-7BjkoYTN
  9. A strike, blow or hit.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-wV~0jHkK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clowt, cloute, clowte, clowtt Related terms: clouten, clouting, clowter
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} clout
  1. Alternative form of clouten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clouten
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-verb-48x4W8-n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "clout",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "clouten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of clouten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clouten",
          "clouten#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clout"
}

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