catboat

American  

[kat-boht] / ˈkætˌboʊt /

noun

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

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catboat British  

/ ˈkætˌbəʊt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of catboat

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

Example Sentences

She was a catboat, twenty feet long and almost as wide.

From Literature

A catboat was just leaving the harbor as we sailed in.

From Literature

Mr. Bradley’s father built the half-hull model of a red catboat that hangs near the restaurant’s pay phone.

From New York Times

They had met first on his jetty, where Ged stopped to watch him stepping the mast of a little catboat.

From Literature

There was not wind enough to take a catboat from Hancock’s Wharf to Noddle Island.

From Literature