2. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clouting
1. clout [v] - See also: clout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clouting
Literary usage of Clouting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George by John Henry Chapmen, George John Armytage (1897)
"... Oct. 27 William clouting Lincoln & Mary Cox Oct. 27 William Powell & Mary Ann
Swinyard Oct. 27 Alfred Mesnil, В., & Mary Jane Trout, S. Licence Oct. 27 ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"Dr. ES clouting (by invitation) reported a case of double optic neuritis ...
He thought the boy reported by Dr. clouting might have had a mild grade of ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis (1840)
"That at the time of swearing the affidavit (17th November 1837) John clouting
was mayor (a). The affidavits in answer stated that ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"Why, he stood there face to face with them ; bare, not enshrined in any mystery;
visibly clouting his own cloak, cobbling his own shoes; fighting, ..."
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