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noun
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
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noun
A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: calk
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Narrower terms: blade, stud
noun
An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
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verb
To strengthen with a cleat.
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Broader terms: reinforce
verb
To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: strip
noun
a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
noun
a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: projection
Narrower terms: calk, calkin
verb
secure on a cleat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
verb
provide with cleats
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Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout.
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