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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cleat /klit/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a support or to provide sure footing.
- a piece of hard rubber attached to the sole of a shoe to provide traction:players wearing cleats in the muddy field.
- a shoe fitted with such pieces:putting on their cleats.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cleat (klēt),USA pronunciation n. - a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- Buildinga strip of metal, wood, or the like, fastened across a surface, as a ramp or gangway, to provide sure footing or to maintain an object in place.
- Buildinga strip of wood, metal, etc., fastened across a surface, as of a plank or series of adjacent planks, for strength or support.
- a conical or rectangular projection, usually of hard rubber, or a metal strip with sharp projections, built into or attached to the sole of a shoe to provide greater traction.
- a shoe fitted with such projections.
- a metal plate fastened to the sole or heel of a shoe, to protect against wear.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Shipbuilding.]a hook-shaped piece of metal supporting a small structural member.
- Nautical, Naval TermsAlso called belaying cleat. an object of wood or metal having one or two projecting horns to which ropes may be belayed, esp. as fixed to the deck, bulkhead, or stanchion of a vessel.
- Miningthe cleavage plane of coal as found in a mine.
v.t. - to supply or strengthen with cleats;
fasten to or with a cleat.
- 1350–1400; Middle English clete wedge, cognate with Old High German klōz lump, ball, Dutch kloot; akin to clot
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cleat /kliːt/ n - a wedge-shaped block, usually of wood, attached to a structure to act as a support
- a device consisting of two hornlike prongs projecting horizontally in opposite directions from a central base, used for securing lines on vessels, wharves, etc
vb (transitive)- to supply or support with a cleat or cleats
- to secure (a line) on a cleat
Etymology: 14th Century: of Germanic origin, compare Old High German chlōz clod, lump, Dutch kloot ball |