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- noun nautical any of the short
ropes under thetops at the lower end of thefuttock shrouds of asquare-rigged vessel used to secure other ropes in place
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knitandpurl commented on the word catharping
"He took two or three turns, looking up at the yards: they were braced as sharp as the main and foremast shrouds would allow, but they were not as sharp as they might have been in an ideal world, and he made a mental note to tell the bosun to set up cross catharpings – they might gain three or four degrees."
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, p 74 of the Norton paperback edition
July 8, 2019