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ketch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sailing ship, sailing vessel |
Examples of ketch
ketch
Mr. Doty was involved in a number of causes and had been on the KETCH board.
From the kansas.com
Dekker anchored Guppy, her 38-foot ketch, just outside Simpson Bay Lagoon.
From the thenewstribune.com
The plan was to pack the ketch with explosives, sail into the harbor and blow her up.
From the sacbee.com
I cruise the lake in style on the classic cutter rigged ketch Barbary.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This vessel, by its technical description, is a ketch-rigged deck scow.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In September 1804, 13 sailors from the USS Intrepid set out on a ketch packed with explosives.
From the washingtonpost.com
Barnes is alone aboard the ill-fated Privateer, his 44-foot ketch.
From the ocregister.com
The Dutch sailing ketch Albatros moored at Wells next the Sea.
From the guardian.co.uk
Coast Guard spokesman Anthony Turner says the 44-foot ketch Sisuito had torn sails and had run out of fuel.
From the signonsandiego.com
- A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
- (Ketched) Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Being caught out is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition. ...
- (Ketching) David (Dave) Catching (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee.
- Catch. "Did dey ketch dat guy dat robbed da Tastee-Freez?"
- A vessel with fore and aft sailing rig with two masts, the forward one being somewhat larger than the other
- A two-masted boat, the smaller of the masts placed behind the larger, and in front of the stern post.
- Disagreeable clause in boat-purchase contract.
- F: a vessel equipped with two masts, viz. the mainmast and mizenmast, and usually from 100 to 250 tons burthen.
- Jack Ketch; a general name for the finishers of the law, or hangmen.
