DictionaryclobberPersonal belongings
noun

clobber

Personal belongings, especially clothes and equipment.

She keeps her hiking clobber in a box by the door.

Etymology

Clobber was established as slang for clothes and personal gear before its familiar use as a verb meaning to hit. The belongings sense has an uncertain deeper origin.

More examples

  • Pack your clobber before we leave for camp.
  • His muddy clobber needs a good wash.
  • There's barely room in the trunk for everyone's clobber.

Similar words

gear
Emphasizes clothing and equipment used for a particular activity.
belongings
Covers personal possessions generally, without emphasizing clothes or equipment.
clothes
Refers only to garments, not equipment or other possessions.