ketch-rigged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ketch-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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One morning this week a ketch-rigged three-master put to sea from a Brooklyn shipyard.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was ketch-rigged, with six sails—mainsail, foresail, two jibs, two topsails.
From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Waldo, Fullerton
There rose before Tony's eyes the picture of a ketch-rigged boat sailing at night over a calm sea.
From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
The Albert, a little ketch-rigged vessel of ninety-seven tons register, was selected.
From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon
She was ketch-rigged, carrying flying-jib, jib, fore-staysail, main-sail, mizzen, and spinnaker.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
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