A blow with the hand.
A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A home run.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
A mark from such a slap.
Of the best quality.
To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.