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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of cleat.

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Examples

  • It was the "cluk-cluk" of water moving about inside the butt, its motion being caused by the pitching of the ship, and a slight rolling of the cask itself, which had not been steadily "cleated" in its place.

    The Boy Tar Mayne Reid 1850

  • Daniella Zalcman Here, fishermen in their cleated boots freely clomp around with heavy sleds in tow.

    Fishing on Ice 2011

  • The men cleated off the lines and leaped for the deck of the undead ship, careful to avoid the spots eaten by acid.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The men cleated off the lines and leaped for the deck of the undead ship, careful to avoid the spots eaten by acid.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The men cleated off the lines and leaped for the deck of the undead ship, careful to avoid the spots eaten by acid.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The fishermen in their cleated boots freely clomp around with heavy sleds in tow.

    Ice-Fishing Season Melts Away Joshua Robinson 2011

  • The men cleated off the lines and leaped for the deck of the undead ship, careful to avoid the spots eaten by acid.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • One day on the Pinguino, I cleated a line for Captain Alden and he quickly rushed to the bow to check my work.

    Jenny Block: Come Sail Away: A Week Boating in the British Virgin Islands Brought Me Home Again 2010

  • Spain committed its own fouls, to be sure, but in contrast to the vicious ones of the Dutch -- the most egregious coming early in the game, when Nigel de Jong planted his cleats in the chest of Xabi Alonso -- Spain's fouls looked like rightful self-defense, an impression reinforced the more frequently de Jong's cleated foul was replayed in slow-motion.

    Carla Seaquist: World Cup Final: Finally, the Good Guys Win 2010

  • It's a place that fills with blue-collar workers, harried parents and cleated kids 'soccer teams, still sweaty and grass-stained from their games.

    Father and son Kensington pizza joint braces for the arrival of the big burrito 2010

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