cleatとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: klēt, IPA^(key): /kliːt/
• 韻: -iːt

名詞

cleat (複数形 cleats)

1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 35

     [...] 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.
   

   Nautical cleat
4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)