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cat-built

American  
[kat-bilt] / ˈkætˌbɪlt /

adjective

  1. (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.

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The cat-built bark, the now immortal Endeavour, was built by Messrs. Fishburn of Whitby, and owned by Mr. William Milner of that port.

From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur

A cat-built ship is described in the Encyclopaedias as one with round bluff bows, a wide deep waist, and tapering towards the stern.

From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur

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