Assertion: cleat | /r/CapableOf | adjacent the hull of a boat
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text: A cleat for retaining a replaceable fender adjacent the hull of a boat, whereby the fender may be left hanging outside the vessel without fear of loss, said cleat comprising a unitary integral body having a base of elongate form and a central upstanding part from which a pair of arms extend radially outwards in opposite directions overlying opposite ends of the base, said arms being separated therefrom by a distance greater than the diameter of a line and defining therewith a line-receiving recess on each side of the central part of the body, each arm having ends remote from said upstanding part defining with said base a restricted opening to said recess, said cleat being fabricated in a resilient material whereby each said arm can be resiliently displaced away from said base to permit passage of a line into said recess.