clout

clout

englanti

  1. (poliittinen) vaikutusvalta

Synonyymisanakirja

clout

  1. nyrkinisku, isku, lyönti, läimäys, tälli, vastaisku, vastaliike, haymaker-lyönti, tyrmäysisku, voimakas lyönti, koukku.

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Käännökset

englanti

painoarvo, vaikutusvalta

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leveäkantainen naula influence Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
{{quote-journal
puhekieltä A blow with the hand.
1910, w:Katherine Mansfield|Katherine Mansfield, Frau Brenchenmacher Attends A Wedding

'Such a clout on the ear as you gave me… But I soon taught you.'
puhekieltä A home run.
2011, w:Michael Vega|Michael Vega, "Triple double", in The Boston Globe, August 17, 2011, p. C1.
'... allowed Boston to score all of its runs on homers, including a pair of clouts by Jacoby Ellsbury ...'
puhekieltä The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Shakespeare
A' must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout.
puhekieltä A swaddle swaddling cloth.
puhekieltä A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
Spenser
His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, / With thorns together pinned and patched was.
a clout upon that head where late the diadem stood
(quote-book)|title=Seafarers: The Venetians|page=33|passage=The Byzantines, wrote (w), hooted and jeered from the battlements, "and let down their clouts and showed them their backsides."
puhekieltä An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
1866, w:James Edwin Thorold Rogers|James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 546.
Clouts were thin and flat pieces of iron, used it appears to strengthen the box of the wheel; perhaps also for nailing on such other parts of the cart as were particularly exposed to wear.
puhekieltä A piece; a fragment.

(rfquotek)

To hit, especially with the fist.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
Latimer
Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in (..) clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To join or patch clumsily.
P. Fletcher
if fond Bavius vent his clouted song

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