ketch

[ kech ]

/ kɛtʃ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR ketch ON THESAURUS.COM

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.

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

Words nearby ketch

kestrel, Keswick, Ket, keta, ketamine, ketch, Ketchikan, ketch-rigged, ketchup, kete, ketene

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for ketch

We won't wait for no law; if we only ketch him we will hang him up so high that the buzzards can't git him.
Samantha at the World's Fair|Marietta Holley
He mek always a pictur of 'is men when 'e wan' to write the fish they ketch.
Rose Charlitte|Marshall Saunders
And then they say she fainted dead away, and fell over the rockin' chair, he not bein' near enough to ketch her.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7.|Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
With the "ketch" begins what has been called the mast-and-a-half division of sailing vessels.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891|Various

And the same support was given to drownded for drowned, oncet for once, ketch for catch, ag'in for against and onery for ordinary.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for ketch

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	ketch
释义	ketch [ kech ] / kɛtʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ketch ON THESAURUS.COM 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. 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 Words nearby ketch kestrel, Keswick, Ket, keta, ketamine, ketch, Ketchikan, ketch-rigged, ketchup, kete, ketene Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ketch We won't wait for no law; if we only ketch him we will hang him up so high that the buzzards can't git him. Samantha at the World's Fair\|Marietta Holley He mek always a pictur of 'is men when 'e wan' to write the fish they ketch. Rose Charlitte\|Marshall Saunders And then they say she fainted dead away, and fell over the rockin' chair, he not bein' near enough to ketch her. Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7.\|Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley) With the "ketch" begins what has been called the mast-and-a-half division of sailing vessels. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891\|Various And the same support was given to drownded for drowned, oncet for once, ketch for catch, ag'in for against and onery for ordinary. The American Language\|Henry L. Mencken British Dictionary definitions for ketch 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ketch yacht, skiff, craft, vessel, ship, catamaran, schooner, sloop, cutter, sailboat, racer, dinghy, canoe, barge, raft, gondola, clipper, galley, yawl, jack
随便看	camboose camborne-redruth cambrai cambrel cambria cambrian cambrian explosion cambrian mountains cambric cambric tea cambridge cambridge blue cambridgeshire cambs cambyses camcorder camden came camel camelback camel case camel cricket cameleer camel grass camelhair

ketch

noun Nautical.

Origin of ketch

Words nearby ketch

Example sentences from the Web for ketch

British Dictionary definitions for ketch

noun

Word Origin for ketch

Words related to ketch