[kliːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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


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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