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- noun Plural form of
cathead .
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Examples
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Like an avalanche, she shot forward and down as the sea astern struck her with the force of a thousand battering rams, burying her bow to the catheads in the milky foam at the bottom that came on deck in all directions - forward, astern, to right and left, through the hawse-pipes and over the rail.
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Pomet challenges and questions the masculinity associated with hunting by replacing the mens faces with those of carton-like catheads.
Exhibition Spotlight: Paco Pomet at Monya Rowe Gallery The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Like an avalanche, she shot forward and down as the sea astern struck her with the force of a thousand battering rams, burying her bow to the catheads in the milky foam at the bottom that came on deck in all directions - forward, astern, to right and left, through the hawse-pipes and over the rail.
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Pomet challenges and questions the masculinity associated with hunting by replacing the mens faces with those of carton-like catheads.
Exhibition Spotlight: Paco Pomet at Monya Rowe Gallery Travis Korte 2010
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All this and such freaks as a waterspout that collapsed on their astonished heads, bringing the maindeck level with the surface for several minutes; and without a pause thunder bellowed about them, while St Elmo's fire flickered and blazed on the bowsprit and catheads.
Heavy Weather Bruce Schauble 2006
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All this and such freaks as a waterspout that collapsed on their astonished heads, bringing the maindeck level with the surface for several minutes; and without a pause thunder bellowed about them, while St Elmo's fire flickered and blazed on the bowsprit and catheads.
Archive 2006-12-01 Bruce Schauble 2006
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The fishing – lines still hung dangling over the catheads, but nobody touched them.
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On the forecastle, some half – dozen soldiers, in all varieties of undress, were playing at cards, smoking, or watching the fishing – lines hanging over the catheads.
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The Corinthians seem to have reinforced at least the front faces of their own outriggers with strong bow timbers “catheads”.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The Corinthians seem to have reinforced at least the front faces of their own outriggers with strong bow timbers “catheads”.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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