ketch (redirected from ketches)

ketch  (kch)

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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ketch [kɛtʃ]

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a two-masted sailing vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, with a tall mainmast and a mizzen stepped forward of the rudderpost Compare yawl¹ [1]

[C15 cache, probably from cacchen to hunt; see catch]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

ketch [ketʃ] N → queche m

ketch [ˈkɛtʃ] n → ketch m

ketch

n → Ketsch f