cleatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 clete, from 古期英語 *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.

発音

• enPR: klēt, IPA: /kliːt/
• 韻: -iːt

名詞

cleat (plural cleats)

1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     [...] 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.

   • 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:

     I had learned that cattle willingly walk down a ramp that has cleats to provide secure, nonslip footing.

2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
3. (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

   Coordinate terms: (larger) bitt, bollard

4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.

   Hyponyms: blade, stud

   Coordinate term: crampon

   Near-synonym: calk

5. An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
   • 2020, Allyssa Loya, Sporty Bugs and Errors, page 26:

     He needs to put on five pieces of gear: his helmet, left glove, right glove, left cleat, and right cleat.

   • 2026 June 21, John Powers, “The World Cup group stage was supposed to be a feeding frenzy. So far, not so much.”, in The Boston Globe‎, retrieved 21 June 2026:

     Italy, which lifted the trophy for the fourth time in Berlin two decades ago, has been spiraling downward ever since. The Azzurri didn’t survive their group in 2010 and 2014 and haven’t qualified since. This time the Norwegians, known more for their skill on skis than in cleats, beat them twice in group play by a combined 7-1. Then the Italians lost the playoff to Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalty kicks. Even with a swollen field, just getting here is an accomplishment.

派生語

• expansion cleat
• French cleat

動詞

cleat (third-person singular simple present cleats, present participle cleating, simple past and past participle cleated)

1. To strengthen with a cleat.

   Hypernym: reinforce

   Coordinate terms: gusset, rib

   • 1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239:

     An inner floor over the whole area of the deck provides a space for all the cable and pipe runs. On one side the cables are cleated into a duct which is sealed against the ingress of water and oil; the pipe lines run underneath the opposite side floor.

2. (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

   Coordinate term: moor

アナグラム

• CELTA, Cleta, eclat, ectal, éclat