Middle English Dictionary Entry
clǒuten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | clǒuten v.(1) Also cluti(e. Ppl. clǒuted, clut(te, clot. |
| Etymology | From clǒut (1); OE geclūtod. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To patch (sth.); mend, repair; (b) ppl. patched; also, ragged.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1305 : Newe schon..& strong clout leþer, hem to clout.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)14 : Þe herd sat þan wiþ hound..clouȝtand kyndely his schon.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.80 : To karde and to kembe, to clouten and to wasche.
- a1425 WBible(1) (NC 67)Mark 1.19 : Cloutynge [Dc 369(2): makynge nettis].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)389 : Pecyn or set pecys to a thynge or clowtyn.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)115 : Clowtyn dyschys, pannys or pottys: Crustro.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)33/353 : Noe, go cloute thi shone!
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.55 : He caste on his cloþes I-clouted..for Colde of his nayles.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)40 : Wyth rent cokrez at þe kne, and his clutte traschez.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1410 : Thei loued bettyr wrecchid clothis, bare And clutte, þan hale.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)84 : Clowtyd, as clothys: Sartus, repeciatus. Clowtyd, as shoone or oþer thyngys of ledyr: Pictaciatus, rebroccatus.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)3153 : A clowted cote.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)11576 : A peyre of grete clowted schon.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)119/34 : Hir gooune was all clovted and to-rent.
- (1463) Paston (Gairdner)4.67 : Her bald batts and her clot shon.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)593 : Þe mytans clutt forgate he noȝt.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)424 : His hod was full of holes..his knopped schon clouted full þykke, His ton toteden out.
2.
To wear patched or ragged clothes.
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)223 : She was clad ful porely Al in an old torn courtepy..bothe bihynde and eke biforn Clouted was she beggarly.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)5.79 : Cluted [Ld: He was..clothed in a caurimaury].
3.
Fig. (a) To add (sth.), esp. by way of false or mistaken amendment; ~ to (sth.); (b) to piece together; (c) ppl. pieced together, patched up; conglomerate, heterogeneous.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)70a : Þet ha ne segge hit oðerweis ne cluti [Nero: clutie] þerto mare, fore a lute clut mei laðlechin swiðe a muchel hal pece.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)404 : By þis mot we graunte þat þis bred þat Crist brak is verrely his body, or elles sey þat þis holy gospel is fals, or ellis uncraftily cloute to wordes of Crist.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)2/24 : Anticrist..clowtiþ his lawis as roten raggis to þe clene cloþ of Cristis gospel.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)55/28 : Þei clouten falsehed to þe trouþe.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.84 : It is a foul pryde to cloute our errours to his [Christ's] wisdom.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)193 : Hou doren synful folis chargen cristis prestis wiþ so moche nouelrie, & euermore cloute more to?
- ?a1450 Wycl.LFCatech.AM (Lamb 408)12/176 : The þyrdde part has two wordys clowtyd [Bod: encresid] for deuocyoun, 'Maria' and 'Iesus'.
b
- (?c1400) Wycl.7 Heresies (Dc 274)441 : Fals men multiplien mony bokes of þe Chirche, nowe reendynge byleve, and nowe clowtyng heresies.
c
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)16/14 : In þise cloutid sectis, as mounkis chanouns & freris, is þe venymous taile of anticrist.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.4 : [Christ's] lawe is..fully ynouȝ..For Anticristis lawe, cloutid of many, is full of errors.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.302 : Þes newe ordris..done sumwhat þat is good, and many þingis amys; and so stondiþ þer cloutid reule, boþe in good and in yvel.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.400 : Alle þes ordris ben cloutid bi Cristis religioun wiþouten his autorite.
4.
To treat (a disease) provisionally, palliate.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)115a/a : Þe cancre..may be..couerede or clowtede forth [*Ch.(1): palliate; L palliari]; it may not forsothe be curede.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)115a/b : In the curacioun..of þe lepre the doctoures propose..to couere or clowte [*Ch.(1): palliate] þat þat is entrede and rootede.