| 单词 | cat-fall |
| 释义 | > as lemmascat-fall cat-fall n. Nautical in the cat-tackle, the rope between the cat-block and the sheaves in the cat-head. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cat-heads A rope called the cat-fall..communicates with the cat-block. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast 321 All hands tallied on to the cat-fall. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 175 The cat-fall..is rove through a sheave in the cathead. cat-fall The anchor is catted or raised to the cat-head by means of the cat-tackle or cat-purchase, which consists of the cat-block, cat-fall, and the sheaves in the cat-head; the cat-block is furnished with a strong hook, the cat-hook, which is hooked to the ring of the anchor by means of the cat-rope, or cat-back-rope; when raised, the anchor is fastened by its ring to the cat-head with the cat-head-stopper or cat-stopper. See also cat n.1 7 and Compounds 3.extracted from cat-headn.< as lemmas |
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