单词 | clouting |
释义 | cloutingn. 1. The action of mending, patching, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > with a patch clouting1382 piecing1395 vampeying1416 patching1445 vamping1599 patchwork1712 1382 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 509 Cristis clene religioun wiþ~oute cloutynge of sinfulle mennis errours. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 Clowtynge of clothys, sartura. c1490 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 (MS. K) Clowtynge of shone, pictacio. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 30v Here passe I ouer the clowtynge in of their canonycall houres. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giiv It is a bad sacke that will abide no cloutyng. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. vii. 384 An Arab man, in cloak of his own clouting. 2. Cuffing, striking with the hand. 3. = bagging n.3: see clout v. 8. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). cloutingadj. That ‘clouts’ or patches; botching, bungling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > putting together clumsily botching1554 cobbling1575 clouting1581 tinkering1598 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 415 A wonderfull clownishe conclusion, meete for such a clowting botcher. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L3v To heare how some such clouting beetles rowle in their loblogicke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1382adj.1581 |
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