cleat

¹cleat

noun \ˈklēt\

Definition of CLEAT

1

a : a wedge-shaped piece fastened to or projecting from something and serving as a support or check

b : a wooden or metal fitting usually with two projecting horns around which a rope may be made fast

2

a : a strip fastened across something to give strength or hold in position

b (1) : a projecting piece (as on the bottom of a shoe) that furnishes a grip (2) plural : shoes equipped with cleats

Examples of CLEAT

1. a football player wearing cleats

Origin of CLEAT

Middle English clete wedge, from Old English *clēat; akin to Middle High German klōz lump — more at clout

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CLEAT

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat

²cleat

transitive verb

Definition of CLEAT

1

: to secure to or by a cleat

2

: to provide with a cleat

First Known Use of CLEAT

1794