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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
cleat
cleat [cleat cleats] BrE [kliːt] NAmE [kliːt] noun
1. countable a small wooden or metal bar fastened to sth, on which ropes may be fastened by winding
2. countable a piece of rubber on the bottom of a shoe, etc. to stop it from slipping
3. cleatsplural (NAmE)shoes with cleats, often worn for playing sports
compare ↑football boot, ↑spike (2), ↑stud (3)
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘wedge’): of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kloot ‘ball, sphere’ and German Kloss ‘clod, dumpling’, also to ↑clot and ↑clout.
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