Cleat may refer to: Cleat (nautical), a fitting on ships, balls, and balls to which ropes are tied Cleat hitch, a knot Cleat, Orkney, a place in Scotland Cleat (shoe), a type or part of a shoe Cleats (comic strip), a comic strip by Bill Hinds Grouser, a protrusion on a wheel or continuous vehicle track, intended to increase traction Fractures in coal seams French cleat, a type of molding