Broadfoot, schoolmaster in Pennington, who facetiously signed himself âClashbottom.â To cleish, or clash, is to âflog,â in Scots. From Mr. Broadfootâs joke arose Jedediah Cleishbotham, the dominie of Gandercleugh; the real place of Broadfootâs revels was the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, at Newton Stewart. Mr. Train, much pleased with the antiques in âthe denâ of Castle Street, was particularly charmed by that portrait of Claverhouse which now hangs on the staircase of the study at Abbotsford