clote

English

Etymology

From Middle English clote, from Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.

Noun

clote

1. (obsolete) The common burdock; the clotbur.
2. The yellow waterlily.

References

• “clote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Celto-, colet, telco

Champenois

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔt/

Noun

clote f

1. alternative form of quioche

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

clote

1. alternative form of clete (“cleat”)

Etymology 2

From Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.

Noun

clote (plural clotes)

1. burdock, clote
   • 1380s, John Wycliffe, Bible, Osee [Hosea], 9, vi,

     A nettle schal enherite the desirable siluer of hem, a clote schal be in the tabernaclis of hem.

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   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologe of the Chanouns Yemannes Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 1987, Larry Dean Benson (editor), The Riverside Chaucer, 2008, 3rd Edition, page 270,

     A clote-leef he hadde under his hood / For swoot and for to keep his heed from heete.

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