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cloutings

cloutings is the plural of clouting.

Meaning of clouting

Noun

clouting (countable and uncountable, plural cloutings)

  1. The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
    • And many readers could provide me with tales of rulers across knuckles, slaps on bare legs, heads cracked together, and mighty ear-cloutings.1969, The Educational Magazine, volume 26, page 163
  2. A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.

Questions about cloutings

What is cloutings the plural of?
Cloutings is the plural of clouting.

Words near cloutings in the dictionary

  1. clouters
  2. cloutie
  3. clouties
  4. clouting
  5. clouting on
  6. cloutings
  7. cloutless
  8. clouts
  9. clouts on
  10. clouty
  11. cloué

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