Word Meanings - DISCLOUT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To divest of a clout.

DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting.
CLOUT
1. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak. 2. A swadding cloth. 3. A piece;
DIVESTURE
Divestiture.
CLOUTERLY
Clumsy; awkward. Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips.
DIVEST
See W (more info) devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess;
DIVESTIBLE
Capable of being divested.
DISCLOUT
To divest of a clout.
DISHCLOUT
A dishcloth.