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a sailing vessel with two masts
Not to be confused with:catch – seize or capture; trap or ensnare; contract, as a cold; a game where a ball is thrown from one person to another

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K0043000 (kĕch)n. Nautical A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder.

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[Middle English cache, from cacchen, to catch; see catch.]

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(kɛtʃ) n (Nautical Terms) a two-masted sailing vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, with a tall mainmast and a mizzen stepped forward of the rudderpost. Compare yawl¹¹[C15 cache, probably from cacchen to hunt; see catch]

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n. 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 yawl (def. 2). [1475–85; earlier cache, perhaps identical with catch]

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ketch - a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpostsailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

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