CLATCH
Etymology
Noun
clatch (plural clatches)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig.
Verb
clatch (third-person singular simple present clatches, present participle clatching, simple past and past participle clatched)
(UK, Scotland, dialect, ambitransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.
Source: Wiktionary
Clatch, n. [Cf. Scot. clatch a slap, the noise caused by the
collision of soft bodies; prob. of imitative origin.] (Scot. & Dial.
Eng.)
1. A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.
2. Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way;
hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.
Clatch, v. t. & i.
Definition: To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod
way. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition