clote

English

Etymology

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

Noun

clote

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

References

Anagrams

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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