/ ketʃ; NAmE / noun
a sailing boat with two masts (= posts to support the sails)
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: later form of obsolete catch , probably from catch .
/ ketʃ; NAmE / noun
a sailing boat with two masts (= posts to support the sails)
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: later form of obsolete catch , probably from catch .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005