Simple past tense and past participle of cleat.(verb)
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Use "cleated" in a sentence
"It was the "cluk-cluk" of water moving about inside the butt, its motion being caused by the pitching of the ship, and a slight rolling of the cask itself, which had not been steadily "cleated" in its place."
"Daniella Zalcman Here, fishermen in their cleated boots freely clomp around with heavy sleds in tow."
"The fishermen in their cleated boots freely clomp around with heavy sleds in tow."