[cf. CLODPOLL.]
† 1. (clot poll, clot-.) A thick or ‘wooden’ head.
1611. Shaks., Cymb., IV. ii. 184. I haue sent Clotens Clot-pole downe the streame, In Embassie to his Mother; his Bodie’s hostage For his returne.
2. (clotpoll, -pole.) A CLOD-POLE, blockhead, dolt.
1606. Shaks., Tr. & Cr., II. i. 128. I will see you hang’d like Clotpoles.
1632. Brome, Northern Lasse, I. vi. C 2. As I bad you, Clotpoll?
1876. Browning, Pacchiarotto, 24. Who shieldest the rogue and the clotpoll!
