A Cathead is a beam on a ship for raising the anchor. Cathead, Catshead, or Cat head also may refer to:
a windlass or capstan used in machinery such as a hoisting drawworks for a drilling rig A type of biscuit in the cuisine of the Southern United States. Also spelled cat head. The Cat Heads, San Francisco indie rock band Tim Phillips (musician), of the band Cathead Cat heads, an inexpensive copy of the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars Cat-Head Comics, a defunct comic book publisher The head of a cat Catshead (architecture), a roof extension on mills or barns Catshead (apple), a cultivar of cooking apples Catshead, an alternate name for the Pseudagrion coeleste species of damselfly Cathead or cat's head, the pest plants Rumex hypogaeus or Tribulus terrestris