Definitions

1. verb

to stick or catch something, especially hair, in a knot or tangle

“She spent hours trying to cletch her hair into a neat bun.”

2. verb

to get or become tangled or stuck in something

“His shoelace cletched in the car door.”

3. noun

a knot or tangle, especially of hair

“She spent hours trying to comb out the cletch from her hair.”