cleat vs instep

cleat

noun
  • An athletic shoe equipped with cleats. 

  • A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. 

  • A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components. 

  • A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. 

  • A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction. 

verb
  • To strengthen with a cleat. 

  • To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat. 

instep

noun
  • A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. 

  • In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint. 

  • The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. 

How often have the words cleat and instep occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )