The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clodpoll \Clod"poll`\, n. [Clod + poll head.]
A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (context pejorative English) a stupid person; blockhead
Usage examples of "clodpole".
The boy's better spirit was touched, and it kindled his imagination to realize the abject figure of poor clodpole Tom, and surround it with a halo of mournful light.
If I've no name as a knight, I'll be able to raise nothing but bumpkins and clodpoles who'll desert at the first sight of steel.
If I don't have a name, I'll be forced to march out with a raggedy-breeched bunch of bumpkins and clodpoles out of my own fields, who'll like as not take to their heels at the first sight of trained men-at-arms, and probably leave me no choice but to die on the spot for honor's sake, if not for other reasons.