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cat·head (kat′hed′)

noun

a projecting beam of wood or iron near the bow of a ship, to which an old-fashioned anchor was hoisted

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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