1.  clout(n = noun.communication) - a target used in archery;
is a kind of mark, target

2.  clout(n = noun.attribute) pull - special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
is a kind of advantage, vantage

3.  clout(n = noun.artifact) clout nail - a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood;
is a kind of nail

4.  clout(n = noun.act) biff, lick, poke, punch, slug - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
is a kind of blow
has particulars: counter, counterpunch, parry, haymaker, knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch, hook, jab, rabbit punch, sucker punch
Derived form verb clout₁

   clout(v = verb.contact) - strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker"
is one way to strike
Derived form noun clout₄
Sample sentences: The fighter managed to clout his opponent

1.  A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. [1913 Webster]
"His garments, nought but many ragged clouts,
With thorns together pinned and patched was." [1913 Webster]
"A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood." [1913 Webster]

2.  A swadding cloth. [1913 Webster]

3.  A piece; a fragment. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

4.  The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. [1913 Webster]
"A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout." [1913 Webster]

5.  An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer. [1913 Webster]

6.  A blow with the hand. [1913 Webster]

1.  To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. [1913 Webster]
"And old shoes and clouted upon their feet." [1913 Webster]
"Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers." [1913 Webster]

2.  To join or patch clumsily. [1913 Webster]
"If fond Bavius vent his clouted song." [1913 Webster]

3.  To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. [1913 Webster]

4.  To give a blow to; to strike. [1913 Webster]
"The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it." [1913 Webster]

5.  To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. [1913 Webster]
" “Clouted brogues” in Shakespeare and “clouted shoon” in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes." [1913 Webster]

clout, n. & v.
--n.
1 a heavy blow.
2 colloq. influence, power of effective action esp. in politics or business.
3 dial. a piece of cloth or clothing (cast not a clout).
4 Archery hist. a piece of canvas on a frame, used as a mark.
5 a nail with a large flat head.
6 a patch.
--v.tr.
1 hit hard.
2 mend with a patch.

Etymology:
OE clut, rel. to CLEAT, CLOT

clout nail