The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Cat's Paw

Sea Terms

The slight ruffling seen on the surface of the water during calm weather, being caused by transient flaws of wind; a twist put in the bight of a rope, forming two small eyes close together, and into which the hook of a tackle is slipped in order to get a strain on the rope for any purpose.

Ropes and knots — cable-laid, shroud-laid and hawser-laid rope, Flemish eye, pointing, granny knot, selvagee strop, cat's-paw, Blackwall hitch, grommet and rope-yarn knot
Ropes and knots — cable-laid, shroud-laid and hawser-laid rope, Flemish eye, pointing, granny knot, selvagee strop, cat's-paw, Blackwall hitch, grommet and rope-yarn knot
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