catboat

[ kat-boht ]

/ ˈkætˌboʊt /

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noun

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

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Origin of catboat

First recorded in 1875–80; cat + boat

Words nearby catboat

catatonic, catawampus, Catawba, catbird, catbird seat, catboat, catbrier, cat-built, cat burglar, cat cafe, catcall

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How to use catboat in a sentence

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.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
So I took the shirt and waved it by its sleeves, and the catboat began another short tack.
Us and the Bottleman|Edith Ballinger Price
I remember a few years ago when one could not find "undershirt" or "catboat" in the dictionary.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft|Dan Beard
The mainsail was soon hoisted, and the catboat moved slowly out of the bay.
Cap'n Eri|Joseph Crosby Lincoln

He must have destroyed the usefulness of the catboat and thus estopped the flight of the fugitives by that means.
Up the Forked River|Edward Sylvester Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for catboat

catboat

/ (ˈkætˌbəʊt) /

noun

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

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