cathead

cat +‎ head

cathead (plural 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, chapter 6, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 30:

     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.

• cat-head

• cathead biscuit

• katkop