bomb ketch

noun

1. Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bomb ketch¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Each ship covered a bomb ketch, protecting the smaller vessels from the enemy's fire.

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The new scheme was to fix up the Intrepid as a bomb ketch, send her into the harbor at night and there explode her.

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The bomb-ketch was originally introduced by a famous French naval architect named Bernard Renan, about 1679.

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