bomb ketch


noun
  1. Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.

Origin of bomb ketch

1
First recorded in 1685–95
  • Also called bombard, mortar ketch.

Words Nearby bomb ketch

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How to use bomb ketch in a sentence

  • Each ship covered a bomb ketch, protecting the smaller vessels from the enemy's fire.

    In Clive's Command | Herbert Strang
  • The new scheme was to fix up the Intrepid as a bomb ketch, send her into the harbor at night and there explode her.

  • The bomb-ketch was originally introduced by a famous French naval architect named Bernard Renan, about 1679.

    Ancient and Modern Ships. | George C. V. Holmes