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ketch

[ kech ]
/ kɛtʃ /
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noun Nautical.

a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.

RELATED WORDS

yacht, skiff, craft, vessel, ship, catamaran, schooner, sloop, cutter, sailboat, racer, dinghy, canoe, barge, raft, gondola, clipper, galley, yawl, jack

Nearby words

keswick, ket, ket-, keta, ketamine, ketch, ketch-rigged, ketchikan, ketchup, kete, ketene
Compare yawl1(def 2). See also schooner(def 1), topsail schooner.

Origin of ketch

1475–85; earlier cache, apparently noun use of cache to catch
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ketch

/ (kɛtʃ) /

noun

a two-masted sailing vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, with a tall mainmast and a mizzen stepped forward of the rudderpostCompare yawl 1 (def. 1)

Word Origin for ketch

C15 cache, probably from cacchen to hunt; see catch
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