Meaning

1 senses

  1. A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Origin

From cat + fall?

From cat + fall?

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Forms

plural: catfalls
Singularcatfall
Pluralcatfalls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
catercaterercaterpillarcatfishcatgirlcathartic

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