cat-harping

Noun. (nautical) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so as to give freer sweep to the yards.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.