Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAT'-HEAD
CA-THAR'TI-NA, or CA-THAR'TINECATH'E-DRA
CAT'-HEAD, n.
A strong beam projecting horizontally over a ship's bows, carrying two or three sheaves, about which a rope called the cat-fall passes, and communicates with the cat-block. – Mar. Dict.
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