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Webster 1913 Edition
Cleat
Cleat
(klēt)
, Noun.
[OE.
clete
wedge; cf. D. kloot
ball, Ger. kloss
, klotz
, lump. clod, MHG. klōz
lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chlōz
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
,Verb.
T.
To strengthen with a cleat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cleat
CLEAT
,Noun.
Definition 2025
cleat
cleat
English
Noun
cleat (plural cleats)
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 35
- [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 35
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
Nautical cleat - A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)
Translations
device to secure a rope
protrusion on the bottom of a shoe
Verb
cleat (third-person singular simple present cleats, present participle cleating, simple past and past participle cleated)
- To strengthen with a cleat.
- (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.