clout vs winding

clout

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

winding

noun
  • One complete turn of something wound. 

  • Something wound around something else. 

  • Curving or bending movement, twists and turns. 

  • The manner in which something is wound. 

  • A length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer. 

  • The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around). 

  • Lapping. 

adj
  • Twisting, turning or sinuous. 

  • Spiral or helical. 

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