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Definition of Catheads
1. cathead [n] - See also: cathead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catheads
Literary usage of Catheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Ships by Cecil Torr (1894)
"The catheads were massive, and stood out far enough to tear away the upper works
of a ... Here the catheads are on a level with the gunwale and the gangway, ..."
2. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1877)
"... that the catheads obstructed the range of the lights from right ahead to a
point and a half on either bow, but only in the plane of the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Hence when the Corinthians, cutting down the bows of their vessels, shortening
the beaks, and greatly strengthening the two catheads on either side, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"catheads are frequently made of solid forgings, with a block hanging from the
head for the cat pendant or fall. In ships designed for ramming, ..."
5. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1898)
"... causing her back to be broken when taking the water ; besides the launching
arrangements were faulty, instead of hanging her anchors to the catheads ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"The catheads were massively constructed, and projected so as to destroy the ...
It was customary to suspend the anchors from the catheads, a little way ..."
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