Clout is an old word for cloth.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:30 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Re: Italian Underwear
Well, the only reference I have ever seen to women's menses or the
items associated with it, was in Philip Stubbes "Anatomy of Abuses"
(can't remember the page # off the top of my head) when he referred
to someone as a "menstrous clout". I would hazard a guess that there
might be other references hidden in odd places like Stubbes but they
will take some dedicated digging.
It's funny, for me, this reference always started a word association
"game" in my brain which ended with visions of a nappy/diaper like
arrangement. I freely admit that there is no basis in fact that I
have been able to discover, for this idea but the word "clout" just
always triggered a train of thought that at some point ran through
"breech clout" and ended with the nappy/diaper image.
Cheers,
Danielle
At 11:23 AM 1/10/2006, you wrote:
>This leads me to ask, and please do not take offense anyone... How did
>16th women deal with their monthly courses without underpants? Rags, I
>know, but how were they held up? This part of clothing never seems to
>be dealt with, though the Costume Society of America ("Dress") once
>had an article on 19th C. inovations.
>
>Dame Catriona MacDuff
>Interested in 16th C. womens issues
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