Sc. and north. dial. [Goes with CLAUT v.; perh. related to claw or claught. (It might possibly represent an OE. *clawet from clav-an to CLAW. Cf. Sievers, Miscell. f. Ags. Gramm. § 246.)]
1. A grasping hand, a clutch.
1697. W. Cleland, Poems, 38. For blew bonnets they leave non, That they can get their clauts upon.
2. An instrument for raking or scraping, as a hoe, mud-scraper. Clauts: hand-cards for wool.
1808. in Jamieson.
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss. (E. D. S.), Claut, a strong rake for raking up mire or rubbish.
3. A handful, a rakeful, a scraping.
1793. Burns, Meg o’ the Mill, i. She has gotten a coof wi’ a claut o’ siller.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xvii. ‘You might have … heard an excellent discourse.’ ‘Clauts o’ could parridge,’ replied Andrew.
