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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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 undercat-head .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
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- noun nautical A
rope used inhoisting theanchor to thecathead .
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