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cat-harpings

cat-harpings is the plural of cat-harping.

Meaning of cat-harping

Noun

cat-harping (plural cat-harpings)

  1. 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.

Questions about cat-harpings

What is cat-harpings the plural of?
Cat-harpings is the plural of cat-harping.

Words near cat-harpings in the dictionary

  1. cat-girl
  2. cat-girls
  3. cat-hammed
  4. cat-harpin
  5. cat-harping
  6. cat-harpings
  7. cat-harpins
  8. cat-head
  9. cat-headed
  10. cat-heading
  11. cat-heads

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