cleat
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- noun
- /klit/
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- The carpenter used a wooden cleat to reinforce the shelves in the closet.
- attach a cleat
- install a cleat
- fasten a cleat
Examples
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That same day, Bryce made Simon and me work together cutting cleats on the table saw.
Fiction book (2001) -
That afternoon, Simon and I cut cleats flat out.
Fiction book (2001) -
But this is my French cleat wall where I keep my clamp rack.
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So and you know what, I might make a cleat here for storing the the power cord, but that'll be that'll be an easy deal.
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These lights will be flush with the lower and inner rails, so I use the scrappies to make sure that the support cleat gets glued in the correct place.
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Maggie took her uncle's arm and steadied him as he unwound the cord that, at their end, was twined around a cleat driven into the trunk and, at the other, looped up over the one branch that jutted out above the furniture.
Fiction book (2002) -
To add support to the structure, you should attach a cleat to the wall.
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Make sure to secure the cleat tightly to the frame to hold everything in place.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cleat once meant a piece of wood or metal used to give extra 'support' or a point to fasten things. So a builder's cleat is a strip fixed to strengthen a surface or to provide a place to attach items.