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cleat

UK/kliːt/ US/ˈklit/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping

2.

a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured

3.

a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached

verb

1.

provide with cleats

  • “cleat running shoes for better traction”
2.

secure on a cleat

  • “cleat a line”

Origin

From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout.

Phrases

  • expansion cleat
  • French cleat

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