Bible Dictionary
CLOUT
A clout is a patch, rag, or fragment of cloth or leather. As a verb, to clout means to patch or mend, as with the worn and patched shoes of the Gibeonites.
Definition
A clout is a patch, rag, shred, or fragment of cloth, leather, or similar material. As a verb, to clout means to bandage, patch, or mend something with such a piece.
Biblical Usage
The term describes the old cloth and rotten rags used in Jeremiah and the patched shoes worn by the Gibeonites in Joshua.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>klout: As substantive (ha-cechabhoth) a patch or piece of cloth, leather, or the like, a rag, a shred, or fragment. Old "cast clouts and old rotten rags" (Jer 38:11,12 the King James Version). As verb (Tala') "to bandage," "patch," or mend with a clout. "Old shoes and clouted (the American Standard Revised Version "patched") upon their feet" (Jos 9:5); compare Shakespeare, Cym., IV, 2: "I thought he slept, And put my clouted brogues from off my feet"; Milton, Comus: "And the dull swain treads on it daily with his clouted shoon."</p>