cleat
pronunciation
How to pronounce cleat in British English:
UK [kliːt]
How to pronounce cleat in American English:
US [kliːt]
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- Noun:
- a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
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- Verb:
- provide with cleats
- secure on a cleat
Word Origin
- cleat (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Good health encourages cleat thinking .
- 2. Whenever there is a replacement necessary the process of finding the cleat area gets much easier .
- 3. When her statement was read a very cleat light was cast upon the situation .
- 4. The mystique surrounding those wearing black piping from collar to cleat seems to be back , especially after the yankees beat the diamondbacks , 4-1 , for their seventh straight win .
- 5. In this article : when winston churchill and president roosevelt met in casablanca in 1943 , the allied strategy that emerged was very cleat to japan , germany and italy : " unconditional surrender " if the enemy forces was the only policy the allies would follow .