clogs

Noun

clog (plural clogs)

1. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
   • Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.
2. A blockage.
   • The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.
3. (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
   • I let him in this morning. He lost one of his clogs.1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I, spoken by Withnail
4. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
   • Yet as a Dog committed close / For some offence, by chance breaks loose, / And quits his Clog; but all in vain, / He still draws after him his Chain.1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678...
5. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
   • The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminster, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly / Hath yeelded up his body to the graue;1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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