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Cleat
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(a word common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, in the sense of a wedge or lump, cf. " clod " and clot "), a wedge-shaped piece of wood fastened to ships' masts and elsewhere to prevent a rope, collar or the like from slipping, or to act as a step; more particularly a piece of wood or metal with double or single horns used for belaying ropes. A " cleat " is also a wedge fastened to a ship's side to catch the shores in a launching cradle or dry dock. " Cleat " is also used in mining for the vertical cleavage-planes of coal.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cleat'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cleat.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cleat'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cleat.html. 1910.
