(klout) noun
1. A piece of cloth or leather; patch; rag.
2. Often plural A swaddling cloth.
3. The center of a target.
4. An iron plate.
5. A short, stout nail for boot or shoe soles; a flat-headed nail for fastening iron plates: also called clout nail.
6. Colloq. A heavy blow or cuff with the hand.
7. In baseball, a long hit to the outfield.
8. U.S. Slang Influence or power; especially, political weight; pull.
—v.t.
1. Colloq. To hit or strike, as with the hand; cuff.
2. To patch or bandage crudely.
3. To protect with an iron plate.
4. To stud with iron nails. [OE clut]

(klout) noun Brit. Dial.
A stupid, loutish person; clod. [<Du. kluit clod]