catfall
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
catfall (plural catfalls)
- (nautical) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
- 1810, John Hamilton Moore, The New Practical Navigator:
- belay the catfall; pass the stopper ; hook the fish
References edit
- “catfall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.