*(4) n. The same as Catch-meadow (Ibid. ch. xii).
*Catch-land. The arable portion of a common field, divided into equal parts, whoever ploughed first having the right to first choice of his share (D.).—Obsolete.
*Catch-meadow, Catch-work meadow, or Catch. A meadow on the slope of a hill, irrigated by a stream or spring, which has been turned so as to fall from one level to another through the carriages (Agric. of Wilts, ch. xii).
Catching, Catchy. Of weather, unsettled, showery (Agric. of Wilts, ch. iii. p. 11).—N. & S.W.
Caterpillar. A cockchafer.—N.W.
Cattikeyns. Fruit of the ash.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Cave. (1) n. The chaff of wheat and oats (D.): in threshing, the broken bits of straw, &c. Cavin, Cavings, or Keavin in N. Wilts.—N. & S.W. (2) v. To separate the short broken straw from the grain.—N. & S.W.
Cavin, Cavings. See Cave (1).
*Caving-rake. The rake used for separating cavings and grain on the threshing-floor.