כַּתָּף, (preced.) carrier, porter. Tosef. Ber. II, 7. Kel. XXVI, 5 עור הכ׳ the hide which the porter uses to protect his clothes. Y. Kidd. II, beg. 62ᵃ ע"ר הכ׳ on the testimony of the carrier (that delivered the goods); a. e.—Pl. כַּתָּפִים, כַּתָּפִין. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵇ bot.; Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ top נמסר לכ׳ when the corpse has been given over to the pall-bearers. Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵇ [read:] החמרין הכ׳ וכל העושין בשביעית שכרן וכ׳ the drivers and porters and all employees in the Sabbatical year take their wages in fruits of that year (v. Tosef. ib. VI, 26); a. e.—שבח המגיע לכ׳ an improvement touching the carriers, i.e. an increase of the value of the crop, opp. to an increase of the value of the land. B. Kam. 95ᵇ; B. Mets. 15ᵇ; a. e.