See cat-stopper
·noun A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To close or secure with a stopper. II. Stopper ·noun A short piece of rope having a knot at one...
A whoremaster. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
One rove through the knee of the bitts, which nips the cable on the bight: it consists of four or fi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
, or cathead-stopper A piece of rope or chain rove through the ring of an anchor, to secure it for...
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression. ...
A contrivance for holding the chain-cable by compression. ...
(See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...
Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger. ...
See stopper of the cable. ...
A long piece of rope secured to an after ring-bolt, and the loop embracing the cable through the nex...
A stout rope-stopper made fast above and below a part of the shroud which has been damaged by an ene...
Single and double wall, without crowning, and the ends stopped together. ...
A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...
Commonly called a deck-stopper. A piece of rope having a large knot at one end, and hooked or lashed...