What does clubs mean in shakespeare?

Clubs is another name for the playing card suit now known as "clubs". The name appears in William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Love's Labour's Lost, and Antony and Cleopatra. According to Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Phrasebook.

In addition, "clubs" can appear in the phrase of "three-piled hyperboles", describing something as excessive or exaggerated. It appears the term originally came from French phrase. According to Phrases and Names: Their Origins and Meanings, the origins are traced back to 1523 when Sir Thomas Moore translated a work by Dutch philosopher and theologian, Desiderius Erasmus. However, Shakespeare would likely be referencing French literature or plays when using “three-piled hyperboles” to represent great exaggeration..