Definitions for claught

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Spelling: [klawkht, klahkht]

IPA: /klɔxt, klɑxt/

Claught is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in claught (acghltu).

Definitions for claught

noun

1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
2. Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.

verb

1. a simple past tense of cleek.

verb (used with object)

1. Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

Origin of claught

1350-1400; Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch¹

Examples for claught

There cam a gowst of wind, claught her by the coats, and awa' wi' her bag and baggage.

It was a braw spring morn, and Tam whustled as he claught in the young geese.

It's not made of iron, I wot, nor my claithes of chenzie-mail; so a club smashed the tane, and a claught damaged the tither.