cleat
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.
a 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.
a 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.
Shipbuilding. a hook-shaped piece of metal supporting a small structural member.
Also called belaying cleat. Nautical. an object of wood or metal having one or two projecting horns to which ropes may be belayed, especially as fixed to the deck, bulkhead, or stanchion of a vessel.
the cleavage plane of coal as found in a mine.
to supply or strengthen with cleats; fasten to or with a cleat.
Origin of cleat
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How to use cleat in a sentence
Schools are more than happy to help players bulk up but nothing is done to help them slim down after the cleats get hung up.
College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them | Evin Demirel | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year, he sent busty models down the catwalk in furry football jerseys and high-heeled cleats.
Miley Cyrus Channels Her Bad Year Into Rave-Kid Art | Justin Jones | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's probably gonna become a problem if it gets below uh...my cleats might get caught.
Learning To Fear Dodger Pitcher Brian Wilson’s Beard | Sujay Kumar | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe made our way to the bench over the green grassy field, laced up our cleats, and began warming up.
My Life as a Sikh in America: A Response to the Wisconsin Massacre | Simran Jeet Singh | August 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMy junior year, one reserve, citing exceptional balance, refused to buy cleats.
He splashed his way up to the cabin bulkhead, where the halyards were belayed on cleats on either side, and let them run.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley SmithThe blue earth is run down long wooden tables with cleats on them, like washing out gold.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinThe back of the box is provided with two cleats, each 2-1/2 ft. long, fastened at each end.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousIf the under side of the base is crowning, either level it with a plane or nail cleats across the ends for feet.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThen he quickly passed a rope about the girl's waist and made the ends of the line fast to the cleats.
Blow The Man Down | Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for cleat
/ (kliːt) /
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
a short length of angle iron used as a bracket
a piece of metal, leather, etc, attached to the sole of a shoe to prevent wear or slipping
a small triangular-shaped nail used in glazing
any of the main cleavage planes in a coal seam
to supply or support with a cleat or cleats
to secure (a line) on a cleat
Origin of cleat
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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