Cleats is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CLEATS in dictionary:

VERB:
• CLEAT, to strengthen with a cleat
NOUN:
• a T-shaped piece of metal or wood on a boat or ship, to which ropes are attached.
• each of a number of projections on the sole of a shoe, designed to prevent the wearer losing their footing.
• athletic shoes with cleats on the soles.
• a projecting wedge on a spar or other part of a ship, to prevent slipping.
• a small wedge, especially one on a plough or scythe.
• shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles
• an attachment for the sole of a cyclist's shoe which clips on to a pedal, keeping the foot in place while cycling and increasing the application of force to the pedal
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to strengthen with a strip of wood or iron

Words related to CLEATS

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How to use CLEATS in a sentence

• I climbed up one of them on cleats worn by Russian boots for a look at the Vistula and the string of Red Cross barges, filled with wounded, going up the river.
• It had been pushed into the farther corner of the lower shelf, which was a wide and very thick pine board, slipping easily on the cleats by which it was upheld.
• Within there in the formless darkness he stood upon a ladder made of the long stem of a sapling to which cleats were nailed.
• If screws are used to fasten the boards to the cleats, screw them through from the back, leaving the front perfectly smooth.
• And immediately Tom and Roger began to cut away at the cleats that held the tube lining to the skin of the ship.
• The object of using the cleats and removable cross-boards instead of a stationary shelf is to give access to the sand, C, when it is being prepared.
• A couple of cleats nailed to each board will make it easier to pick up the mold when it is on the floor.
• The boom rope is held in the hand and several cleats should be placed in the cockpit for convenience.
• Fit the cleats as close as possible to the sides of the pot.
• Pass the rope along the crosspiece and down the post and tie it to cleats nailed at a height that can be easily reached.
• Four cleats are also required but these can be made of wood at home.
• These ropes or guys pass through the pulley blocks, which are fastened to the projecting ends of the anchor wire, and return to the posts where they are tied to cleats.
• Now the main spar should be attached by springing it apart and slipping the cleats of the cross-spar between the two pieces.
• Secure the blades to the spokes by using little metal cleats, C and D.
• Claudius came towards them, holding on by the pins and cleats and benches.
• Instead of a big box between them to be used as a seat we put a shelf resting on the cleats that went across the backs of the bookshelves.
• Cut transverse channels, or nail little cleats across a wooden chute for carrying water.
• At first one stave was made to serve for a shoe, but we found that two staves fastened together with a pair of wooden cleats were much better.
• A pair of cleats nailed to the cross ribs served as supports for the seat of the canoe.
• We cut flat faces on them at the points where they were nailed to the tree, and then, to make them doubly secured, we nailed cleats, or blocks of wood, to the tree under them.
• The seat board was not nailed to the chair, but rested on four cleats nailed to the barrel on the inside.
• The stick and cleats were now thoroughly shellaced.
• A number of cleats nailed to one of the poles provided a ladder by which we could mount to the top of the tower.
• Cleats temporarily held the sawed ends of the logs, while the walls were carried on up to a height of a little over 6 feet from the foundation logs.
• Cleats were nailed to the walls under this berth log to make it perfectly secure.
• Along both sides of the boat ran a stout plank, to which were securely fastened a row of cleats, about two feet apart.

Similar words containing CLEAT without suffix s

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