cat-harping

== English == === Noun === cat-harping (plural cat-harpings) (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. === References === “cat-harping”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.