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View synonyms for ketch
ketch
[ kech ]
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.
ketch
/ kɛtʃ /
noun
- a two-masted sailing vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, with a tall mainmast and a mizzen stepped forward of the rudderpost Compare yawl 1
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ketch1
C15 cache, probably from cacchen to hunt; see catch
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Example Sentences
Blamed if Matt didn't ketch the leader o' the gang without never knowin' it.
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They's times when I git mad and it all looks to be her fault, and then I ketch my own self startin' some hectorin' meanness.
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But you don't ketch me comin' over to no more cathedrils, and wastin' time and money all for nuthink—that's all!
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The birds an' flyin' things are jest as busy as the hand o' man, if ye know how to ketch 'em at it.
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Mebbe nobody won't ketch ye this time,—you better melt the tea-set up soon as ever you can,—but some time they will.
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