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catboat
[ kat-boht ]
noun
- a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
catboat
/ ˈkætˌbəʊt /
noun
- a sailing vessel with a single mast, set well forward and often unstayed, and a large sail, usually rigged with a gaff Shortened formcat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catboat1
First recorded in 1875–80; cat ( def ) + boat
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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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