clouting

The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.

Noun

  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.

Origin

From Middle English clouting; equivalent to clout + -ing.

Forms

cloutings

Derived

car clouting

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of clout