Sometimes applied to a horse with weak hind-legs

Sometimes applied to a horse with weak hind-legs

Cat-hamed., or hammed. Awkward; sometimes applied to a horse with weak hind-legs, and which drops suddenly behind on its haunches, as a cat is said to do.

Cat-handed. A Devonshire term for awkward.

Cat-harpings. "Rope sewing to brace in the shrouds of the lower masts behind their respective yards, to tighten the shrouds and give more room to draw in the yards when the ship is close hauled." Marine Dictionary.

Fonte: Cats