ketch

Speech parts

1. ketch - Noun

2. ketch - Verb

Meaning

An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.

A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

To catch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yawl sailing vessel sailing boat brig buss ark nab clipper hangman schooner ship bucket yacht beast sloop
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Antonyms

man-of-war Man O' War patrol boat water police police boat guard boat
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Hypernyms

sailing ship sailing vessel

Phrases with the word

ketch rig

Examples

By having only two sails, the individual sails of a sloop are larger than those of an equivalent cutter, yawl or ketch. Source: Internet

First-years Hayden Kasavicha, Jack McNamara, Jacob Ketch and fourth-year Kevin Clyne all contributed to the victory. Source: Internet

The difference between a ketch and a yawl is that in a ketch, the mizzen mast is forward of the rudderpost (the axis of rotation for the rudder), while a yawl has its mizzen mast behind the rudderpost. Source: Internet

When you commit a crime and you get ketch you does repent. Source: Internet

THE EDITOR: ‘O-OH g-a-w-d boy, this mother so and so ketch me good.’ Source: Internet

The 'Dart' was driven ashore at East Point Beach, Mackay, on the March 2, 1911, It was originally a 19-ton wooden ketch. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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