Construct:	Noun, Verb
Definition:	A heavy blow with the hand (or object), to strike.
Use:	I gave him a clout of the hurley. I struck him with the hurley.
Derivation:	Irish 'Clabhta' - a blow with the open hand. (Dineen) and 'A heavy blow with some object in the hand' - now more usual. (Ó h-Éaluithe) and 'Clout' - to hit, especially with open hand. Old English 'Clút'. (Concise Oxford Dictionary) and 'Clout' - to strike a person heavily. Middle English onwards, now colloquial. (Partridge)