Definitions
A fitting used to secure a rope, or a stud on a shoe.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“[...] 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.”
“I had learned that cattle willingly walk down a ramp that has cleats to provide secure, nonslip footing.”
“Near-synonym: calk”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rope fastener”5 letters
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