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

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

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

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

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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