Cat’s Head, subs. (Winchester: obsolete).—The end of a shoulder of mutton.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester College, p. 84. His meal [dinner] took place at six o’clock P.M. in College (in Commoners’ it was at one); it was ample in quantity, and excellent in quality. That of the Præfects was nicely served in joints, that of the Inferiors was divided into portions (Dispars); there were, if I remember rightly, six of these to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of mutton, the other joints being divided in like proportion. All these “Dispars” had different names; the thick slice out of the centre was called “a Middle Cut,” that out of the shoulder a “Fleshy,” the ribs “Racks,” the loin “Long Dispars”; these were the best, the more indifferent were the end of the shoulder, or CAT’S HEAD, the breast, or “Fat Flab,” &c. &c.
Cat’s-skin, subs. (Rugby).—1. See quot.
1856. Hughes, Tom Brown’s School-days, v. His go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it. But this didn’t quite suit his fastidious taste in another minute, being too shiny; so, as they walk up the town, they dive into Nixon’s the hatter’s, and Tom is arrayed, to his utter astonishment, and without paying for it, in a regulation CAT-SKIN at seven-and-sixpence.
2. See Rabbit-skin.
Cause-money, subs. (Winchester: obsolete).—Up-keep money for the path leading to Hills (q.v.).
1891. Wrench, Word-Book, s.v. Cause-money. Money paid for the maintenance of the path leading from College towards Hills.
Causey, The (Stonyhurst).—The avenue between the two ponds in front of the College.
Cave, intj. (Eton).—“Beware!” A byword among boys out of bounds when a master is in sight. [From the Latin.]
Cedar, subs. (Eton).—A pair-oared boat inrigged, without canvas, and very “crank.” [No longer in use.]