ketch
NounUS[kech]/kɛtʃ/1 syllable
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Noun (1)
- a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpostType of sailing vessel, sailing ship
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ketch (kĕch), noun
Origin: Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. qāīq: cf. F. caiche. Cf. Caïque.
Nautical 1. An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, — usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
2. Nautical In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast.
Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
Ketch noun
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Ketch transitive verb
Origin: See Catch.
To catch. Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.— Edmund Spenser
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: RH