catboat

[ kat-boht ]

noun

1. a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.

catboat

/ ˈkætˌbəʊt /

noun

1. a sailing vessel with a single mast, set well forward and often unstayed, and a large sail, usually rigged with a gaff Shortened formcat

Word History and Origins

Origin of catboat¹

First recorded in 1875–80; cat ( def ) + boat

Example Sentences

Why, he has sailed that big catboat of his up and down along this coast for the last twenty years and more, that and other boats.

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So I took the shirt and waved it by its sleeves, and the catboat began another short tack.

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I remember a few years ago when one could not find "undershirt" or "catboat" in the dictionary.

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The mainsail was soon hoisted, and the catboat moved slowly out of the bay.

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He must have destroyed the usefulness of the catboat and thus estopped the flight of the fugitives by that means.

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