ketch
IPA: kˈɛtʃ
noun
- A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- A hangman.
- Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”)
verb
- (rare) To hang.
- Pronunciation spelling of catch. [(heading) To capture, overtake.]
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Examples of "ketch" in Sentences
- It's sail plan is wishbone ketch.
- Ketch later wrote a letter of apology.
- The ketch is a classic small cargo boat.
- Conventional ketch rigging was also used.
- The dogger was a development of the ketch.
- Both sails in the ketch are driving sails.
- A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts.
- The character was an off and on girlfriend of Danny Ketch.
- That is the functional difference between the ketch and yawl.
- A cat ketch is a sailboat that is rigged as both a catboat and a ketch.