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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

Noun

a two-masted sailing ship [Middle English cache]

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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