KETCH


Meaning of KETCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkech ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of catch, from Middle English cache

Date: circa 1649

: a fore-and-aft rigged vessel similar to a yawl but with a larger mizzen sail and with the mizzenmast stepped farther forward

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