"clout" meaning in Middle English

See clout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kluːt/ Forms: cloutes [plural], clowt [alternative], cloute [alternative], clowte [alternative], clowtt [alternative]
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 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).
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-WideMfMs Categories (other): Fabrics Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 1
  2. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    A bandage or dressing (for wounds)
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-F23BeI1- Categories (other): Fabrics Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 1
  3. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    rag, tatter (piece of clothing)
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-mMTyS3gU Categories (other): Fabrics Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 1
  4. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    Threadbare or inferior clothing.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-msdaAKBc Categories (other): Clothing, Fabrics Disambiguation of Clothing: 5 5 25 45 10 7 2 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 1
  5. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    Cloth for wrapping babies; swaddling clothes.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-YtHpSqiD Categories (other): Babies, Fabrics Disambiguation of Babies: 5 6 6 6 51 7 6 2 2 7 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 1
  6. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    A burial shroud.
    Sense id: en-clout-enm-noun-SkuU~sM6 Categories (other): Burial, Fabrics Disambiguation of Burial: 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 14 14 14 18 18 18 1 1 1 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
Related terms: clouten, clouting, clowter
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} 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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