What is "clouted cream"

Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]

1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

   And old shoes and clouted upon their feet.
   --Josh. ix. 5.

   Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers.
   --Latimer.

2. To join or patch clumsily.

   If fond Bavius vent his clouted song.
   --P. Fletcher

3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low]

   The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it.
   --Howell.

5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

   Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk.
   --A. Philips.

   Note: ``Clouted brogues'' in Shakespeare and ``clouted shoon'' in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.