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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Nautical, the rope which, being rove in the cat-block and cat-head, forms the tackle for heaving up the anchor from the water's edge to the cat-head. Also called cat-tackle fall. See cut under cat-head.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Naut.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
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- cat + fall? (Wiktionary)
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
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