His garments, nought but many ragged clouts,
With thorns together pinned and patched was.
Spenser.

A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood.
Shak.

A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout.
Shak.

Clout nail, a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.

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.

If fond Bavius vent his clouted song.
P. Fletcher

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

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

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