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Cleat

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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"Cleat" Quotes from Famous Books

... Dot half way over the railing, her small sandals hooked around a cleat in an endeavor to keep her balance. Just as Meg opened her mouth ...

— Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island • Mabel C. Hawley

... long enough to look anxious. The speck of a boat grew larger and larger, till we could see Big Alec and his partner, with a turn of the sturgeon line around a cleat, resting from their labor to laugh at us. Charley pulled his sou'wester over his eyes, and I followed his example, though I could not guess the idea he evidently had in mind and ...

— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London

... painter of the race boat was made fast to a cleat on the quarter of the Isabel. Cyd was much mystified by the operation, for he could not see why they should take the Edith with them. He was very anxious to argue the point with Dandy, who, it seemed to him, had never before in his life been so sharp and ill-natured. But the skipper was ...

— Watch and Wait - or The Young Fugitives • Oliver Optic

Words linked to "Cleat" : supply, calk, furnish, strip, fastening, projection, fasten, calkin, secure, render, provide, cleats, fix, fastener, fixing, holdfast