1. clout - Noun
2. clout - Verb
A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
A swadding cloth.
A piece; a fragment.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
A blow with the hand.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To give a blow to; to strike.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration. Bashar al-Assad
In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington. Fred Thompson
As you would expect when individualism is based only on opportunity, no one asks what happens to those who have neither the financial nor the political clout to exercise their tiny portion of that opportunity. John Ralston Saul
Never cast a clout till May be out. Irish Proverb
Never cast a clout till May be out. English Proverb
A full seck will take a clout on the side. Scottish Proverb