A Clout

1. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
2. (regional, informal) A blow with the hand.
3. (baseball, informal) A home run.
4. (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
5. (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.
6. (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
7. (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
8. (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.