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French
Verb
cloute
- inflection of clouter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
cloute
- Alternative form of clout
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, lines
707-709:
And whan sche of this bille hath taken heede, / Sche rente it al to cloutes atte laste / And into the privy softely it caste.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
cloute
- Alternative form of clouten