cleat
Sole traction nub
A cleat is a piece of hardware with projecting arms or ends, used to secure ropes by winding them in a figure-eight pattern: She tied off the halyard on the cleat.
On shoes, cleats are studs or spikes on the sole that grip turf or soft ground—and by extension, the shoes themselves: Don't forget your cleats for practice.
A cleat can also be a strip of wood or metal fastened to a surface to provide support or prevent slipping.
Sharp rise or point
- studUpright wall framing
- soccerField sport with goals
- footballField sport with goals
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
lacrosse · golf · track · turf · athletic · outsole · traction · field
Vessel's secured resting place
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- lineContinuous mark or queue
deck · belaying · horn · tie-off · anchor · secure · marina · pier
spike
Sharp rise or point
baseball · lacrosse · golf · track · turf · athletic · outsole · traction · field · pitch
mooring
Vessel's secured resting place
line · deck · belaying · horn · tie-off · anchor · secure · marina · pier · yacht
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
rigging · boom · mast · line · rope · belay · genoa · spinnaker · reefing · winch
beam
Structural support member
ledge · crosspiece · ramp · batten · strip · plank · grip · foothold · wood · metal
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- marinasboat slip, docks, dock, berth, slip
- footwearboot, shoes, sandal, boots, pumps
- cyclingbikes, bicycles, cycling, cyclist, cyclists
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- ferry terminalferry slip, boarding gate, boarding ramp, gangway, mooring
- soccer cleatsStudded shoes for pitches
- football cleatsStudded shoes for gridiron
- hang up the cleats
- baseball cleatsStudded shoes for ballplayers
- ice cleatsTraction devices for boots
- cleated shoesFootwear with gripping studs