catheadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

cathead (複数形 catheads)

1. (nautical) A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing.
2. Similar rigging on the outside of a building.
3. Short for cathead biscuit.
   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 6, p. 30,^[1]

     The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.

別の表記

• cat-head

関連する語

• cathead biscuit