Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting.]

[OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]

1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh. ix. 5.

Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. --Latimer.

2. To join or patch clumsily.

If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher

3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low]

The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. --Howell.

5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. --A. Philips.

Note: ``Clouted brogues'' in Shakespeare and ``clouted shoon'' in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)