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Webster 1913 Edition
Cat-harping
Cat′-harpˊing
Noun.
(Naut.)
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Definition 2024
cat-harping
cat-harping
See also: catharping
English
Noun
cat-harping (plural cat-harpings)
- (nautical) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so as to give freer sweep to the yards.
References
- cat-harping in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913