Cleat
From Freepedia
Cleat may refer to:
- Cleat is the naval term for the fitting on ships and boats that ropes are tied to. They are often shaped like horns, although other types exist. In uses outside of boats, cleats used to tie off the strings for folding window blinds, to prevent the weight of the blind from pulling it down.
- See also: belaying to a cleat — the hitch to tie a rope to a cleat.
- Cleats are a type of shoe designed especially for sports played on grass or dirt, such as baseball or soccer. The shoes generally have large studs on the bottom, to assist in gripping the surface, preventing sliding and assisting in rapid changes of direction. The stud itself is often called a cleat.
- Cleat is the term in construction and cabinetry/joinery for a short length of timber fixed to a board or other object for the purpose of hanging or fixing the object to another object - for example a cleat may be fixed to the back of a cabinet so that it may be hung from a wall.
