1. (n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

2. (n.) A swadding cloth.

3. (n.) A piece; a fragment.

4. (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

5. (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

6. (n.) A blow with the hand.

7. (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

8. (n.) To join or patch clumsily.

9. (n.) To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

10. (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.

11. (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.