clote
English
Etymology
From Middle English clote, Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.
Noun
clote
- (obsolete) The common burdock; the clotbur.
- The yellow waterlily.
References
- “clote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Champenois
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔt/
Noun
clote f
- alternative form of quioche
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
clote
- alternative form of clete (“cleat”)
Etymology 2
From Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.
Noun
clote (plural clotes)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1380s, John Wycliffe, Bible, Osee [Hosea], 9, vi,