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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cleat
noun
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▪ A new Skywalk sole with an environmentally-friendly cleat pattern gives a good grip even on slippery rocks.
▪ Bats and batting helmets as well as gloves and cleats were collected.
▪ He sat hunched by the stern cleat, knife ready to cut the Zodiac free.
▪ I pointed out the crampons, the little cleats attached to the bottoms.
▪ Janir stood out in center field wearing his cleats, his uniform and the new glove we had bought and oiled.
▪ The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat.
▪ There were powder burns all over the Raiders' cleats at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday.
▪ When he unwound the rope from the cleat the bell rang once.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleat

Cleat \Cleat\ (kl[=e]t), n. [OE. clete wedge; cf. D. kloot ball, Ger. kloss, klotz, lump. clod, MHG. kl[=o]z lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chl[=o]z ball, round mass.]

  1. (Carp.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

  2. (Naut.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

Cleat

Cleat \Cleat\, v. t. To strengthen with a cleat.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cleat

c.1300, clete "wedge," from Old English *cleat "a lump," from West Germanic *klaut "firm lump" (cognates: Middle Low German klot, klute, Middle Dutch cloot, Dutch kloot, Old High German kloz, German kloß "clod, dumpling"). In Middle English, a wedge of wood bolted to a spar, etc., to keep it from slipping (late 14c.). Meaning "thin metal plate for shoes, etc." is c.1825.

Wiktionary
cleat

n. 1 A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. 2 A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components. 3 (context nautical English) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. 4 A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.) vb. 1 To strengthen with a cleat. 2 (context nautical English) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat

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WordNet
cleat

  1. n. 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

cleat

  1. v. provide with cleats; "cleat running shoes for better traction"

  2. secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"

Wikipedia
Cleat

Cleat may refer to:

  • Cleat (shoe), a type or part of a shoe
  • Cleat (nautical), a fitting on ships, boats, and docks to which ropes are tied
  • Cleats (comic strip), a comic strip by Bill Hinds
  • Grouser, a protrusion on a wheel or continuous vehicle track, intended to increase traction
  • Fractures in coal seams
  • French cleat, a type of molding
Cleat (nautical)

In nautical contexts, a cleat is a device for securing a rope.

Cleat (shoe)

Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe, or on an external attachment to a shoe, that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface. In American English the term cleats is used synecdochically to refer to shoes featuring such protrusions. This does not happen in British English; the term 'studs' is never used to refer to the shoes, which would instead be known as ' football boots', ' rugby boots', and so on.

Usage examples of "cleat".

Instead, he and his companions camped on the deck, sleeping on raffia mats under a canvas awning that slanted steeply from the rail of the quarterdeck to a cleat by the cargo well.

Flack, flack, went the toggles as the stage-hands laced them over the wooden cleats.

The moonlight was strong enough to give a clear picture of the deck, and as they tacked the men were quicker at freeing a rope or making it fast on cleat, kevil or belaying pin.

Ferguson and Styler were playing deep, in a crouch, the front end of their cleats digging into hard ground.

Thierry yanked at the mainsheet and wrapped it around the cleat, pulling the sail to the wind and easing the little skiff into the waves.

Before they collided the conveyor driver saw the Bethlehem in his rear mirror and retroversed the tracks, the great steel cleats stabbing through the surface of the roadway, locking in a sudden spasm.

Moments later the wind shifted ninety degrees and increased to a speed that made the sailors cling for dear life to deck cleats, if they happened to be on board, and to the handiest vegetation if they did not.

Defenders, pads, helmets, and cleats bounced off the head, often in different directions.

They would have to squat or lie on the grating and lean downward to nail the cleats across the canvas.

Tal set the spike of his staff carefully, lifted a foot and stepped forward, driving the cleats into the ice before lifting the other and repeating the motion.

Like the Marines, they had inserted the toes of their shipboots into deck cleats to free both hands.

A flemished rectangle of line covered the top of the clumsy-cleat to protect the razor-keen edges on the cleats as Grey stepped up on the thwart.

Though these came in all sizes, they were all essentially of the same design: a fat cylinder of some transparent cladding, ribbed with metal, provided on both sides with caterpillar treads bearing cleats so large that they could also serve as paddles where the going underfoot became especially sloppy.

With that, he turned and strode off as Saxon hurried to catch him, his hard cleats clicking on the iron pavement.

The hard sound of his cleats grew distant as he paced down the corridor.