What does "clouted" mean?
simple past and past participle of clout
Clouted
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: simple past and past participle of clout
- Grammar: clouted is listed as adj, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: affect, batter, battered, beaten.
- Useful contrasts: caress, diminish, gentle touch.
- Usage evidence: If the praise of Herefordshire cider, and Oxford ale, deserve to be sung in Miltonic verse, the Clouted Cream of Cornwall puts in still more substantial claims to the notice of the lofty muse. Devonshire had regaled us with this delicious article, before we reached Cornwall, but as we had tasted the clouted cream of the latter, accompanied by the excellent coffee which we found at every inn throughout the county, we acknowledge it was only here that this production could be had in perfection.
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of clout form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Clotted; coagulated.
"If the praise of Herefordshire cider, and Oxford ale, deserve to be sung in Miltonic verse, the Clouted Cream of Cornwall puts in still more substantial claims to the notice of the lofty muse. Devonshire had regaled us with this delicious article, before we reached Cornwall, but as we had tasted the clouted cream of the latter, accompanied by the excellent coffee which we found at every inn throughout the county, we acknowledge it was only here that this production could be had in perfection."
- 2 Patched; roughly mended.
"I thought he slept, and put My clouted brogues from off my feet, whose rudeness Answer'd my steps too loud."
- 3 Bandaged.
"The while, thilk same unhappy ewe (Whose clouted leg her hurt doth show) Fell headlong into a dell And there unjointed both her bones."
- 4 Hobnailed.
"The vast majority of people in the east go bare-footed, and those who wear shoes certainly do not wear them clouted. During a residence of several years in India, I never saw a clouted shoe ."
- 5 Beaten, pounded, or subjected to rough treatment.
"'For what reason,' we may imagine it to exclaim, 'am I left here in inglorious solitude, wedged in coarse marle, or kicked out of the way by every clouted peasant that crosses this path to pursue his daily labour , when many other flints , by no means so comely as myself , are selected by the partial hand of man to raise the cottage wall , or emit the generous spark?"
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- 6 Rough and uneven.
"Fortunately it was covered with light scrub: otherwise I should never have got to the top, for the frozen and clouted soil was so slippery that one slid back at every step."
Antonyms
Example
"If the praise of Herefordshire cider, and Oxford ale, deserve to be sung in Miltonic verse, the Clouted Cream of Cornwall puts in still more substantial claims to the notice of the lofty muse. Devonshire had regaled us with this delicious article, before we reached Cornwall, but as we had tasted the clouted cream of the latter, accompanied by the excellent coffee which we found at every inn throughout the county, we acknowledge it was only here that this production could be had in perfection."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "clouted"?
Common synonyms include: affect, batter, battered, beaten, hit, influence.
How do you use "clouted" in a sentence?
If the praise of Herefordshire cider, and Oxford ale, deserve to be sung in Miltonic verse, the Clouted Cream of Cornwall puts in still more substantial claims to the notice of the lofty muse. Devonshire had regaled us with this delicious article, before we reached Cornwall, but as we had tasted the clouted cream of the latter, accompanied by the excellent coffee which we found at every inn throughout the county, we acknowledge it was only here that this production could be had in perfection.