X vs Cleat - What's the difference?
x | cleat |
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
* 1851 ,
A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)
To strengthen with a cleat.
(nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat
As a letter x
is the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x
is voiceless velar fricative.As a noun cleat is
a strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.As a verb cleat is
to strengthen with a cleat.x
Translingual
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Letter
See also
(Latn-script)Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbonesDerived terms
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English
Noun
(en noun)- [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats , something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.