Usually means: Adjusting tension in ship's rigging.
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  1. cat-harping: Wordnik
  2. cat-harping: Wiktionary
  3. Cat-harping: Dictionary.com
  4. Cat-harping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. cat-harping: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Cat-harping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. cat-harping: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Cat-harping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (nautical) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so as to give freer sweep to the yards.

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