clout

/klaสŠt/
noun
  1. 1

    Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

  2. 2

    A blow with the hand.

  3. 3

    A home run.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A swaddling cloth.

  6. 6

    A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    A piece; a fragment.

verb
  1. 1

    To hit, especially with the fist.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

  4. 4

    To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

  5. 5

    To join or patch clumsily.

verb
  1. 1

    To form a clot or mass.

  2. 2

    To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clout