Cat-harping fashion Drinking crossways and not

Cat-harping fashion Drinking crossways and not

Cat-harping fashion Drinking crossways and not

Cat-harping fashion. Drinking crossways, and not as usual, over the left thumb. Sea term. Grose.

Cat-head. "A strong beam, projecting horizontally over the ship's bows, carrying two or three sheaves, above which a rope, called the cat-fall, passes, and communicates with the cat-block." Marine Dictionary.