cleat
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cleat wedge XV; (naut.) block round which a rope is secured XVIII. Formally repr. OE. *
clēat = MLG. *
klōt (Du.
kloot ball). OHG.
klōz clod, lump, etc. (G.
kloss dumpling) :- WGmc. *
klauta (cf.
CLOT); but the naut. sense in Eng. is unexpl.
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