Associations to the word «Cathead»

Wiktionary

CATHEAD, noun. (nautical) A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing.
CATHEAD, noun. Similar rigging on the outside of a building.

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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke