cleat
noun/kliːt/
/kliːt/
- [countable] a small wooden or metal bar fastened to something, on which ropes may be fastened by winding
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- [countable] a piece of rubber on the bottom of a shoe, etc. to stop it from slipping
- cleats[plural] (North American English) shoes with cleats, often worn for playing sports compare football boot, spike, stud (3)Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘wedge’): of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kloot ‘ball, sphere’ and German Kloss ‘clod, dumpling’, also to clot and clout.
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