noun a particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
2. cat's-paw ·noun a dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
3. cat's-paw ·noun a light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.