Obs. [From same root as CLOTE, q.v.] = CLOTE, the bur-dock.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. xciii. (1495), 661. Clete is an herbe wyth brode leuys … and hathe in the toppe of the stalkes knottes wyth crokyd pryckes: that ofte cleuyth to mannys clothes.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 645. Hec lappa, clete.
1483. Cath. Angl., 67/1. Clett [v.r. cleyt].
Clete, obs. form of CLEAT sb. and CLEAD v.
