Cat-harping

Cat´-harp`ing


n.1.(Naut.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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