"Cleat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... used in conjunction with a running noose, as shown in Fig. 56, while a few turns under and over and around a cleat, or about two spiles, is a method easily understood and universally used by sailors (Fig. 57). The sailor's knot par excellence, however, is the "Bow-line" (Fig. 58), and wherever we find sailors, or seamen, ...
— Knots, Splices and Rope Work • A. Hyatt Verrill |
