A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 356
ng. (Cuts, cols 61.361t.) —R. S. CLEAT. A. A.stripof wood nailed, screwed,or otlicrwise fiistened across a number of boanlsto hold them together or to stitten or otiierwisestrengtiien them ; or secured to a wall or otherupriglit a.s a support for a shelf, or the like. The cleat diflers from the… … Clearstoky, Fig. 1: ChircWbat should bavc been the clcavstorv CLEOPATRAS NEEDLE term Batten Door would be better ilescrilied ascleat door, for the transverse i)iece is short andneed not be heavy ; it may be thought, however,tiiat the battens referred to in this term are thelongituilinal or…
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