ketch-rigged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ketch-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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There rose before Tony's eyes the picture of a ketch-rigged boat sailing at night over a calm sea.
From Project Gutenberg
One morning this week a ketch-rigged three-master put to sea from a Brooklyn shipyard.
From Time Magazine Archive
"In eighteen hundred and ninety-two Grenfell sailed the ocean blue——" from Yarmouth to Labrador in a ninety-ton ketch-rigged schooner.
From Project Gutenberg
She was ketch-rigged, with six sails—mainsail, foresail, two jibs, two topsails.
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The boat which I selected was ketch-rigged—much like a yawl, but more comfortable for lying-to in heavy weather, the sail area being more evenly distributed.
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