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

He lowered the ensign to half-mast as stipulated by naval custom, sailed the catboat safely back to harbor.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a case is pending in a Paris court, it has to wait; the judge is sailing a catboat on the Riviera.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ever since he got his first catboat at eleven, Bostonian George O'Day, 40, has idolized sailboats.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Rena was no scow-like catboat, but a sleek four-master, bound around the Horn with a bone in her teeth in search of rare spices and the priceless treasure of the Indies.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey