Ketch Definition

kĕch
ketches
noun
A small, two-masted sailing vessel rigged fore and aft, with the mizzenmast somewhat shorter than the mainmast and located forward of the rudderpost.
Webster's New World

A hangman.

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verb

Eye dialect spelling of catch..

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(rare) To hang.
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Other Word Forms of Ketch

Noun

Singular:
ketch
Plural:
ketches

Origin of Ketch

  • Middle English cache from cacchen to catch catch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.

    From Wiktionary

  • See catch

    From Wiktionary

Ketch Sentence Examples

  • Voyages last between 2 and 7 days aboard our 76 foot gaff rigged ketch, Greater Manchester Challenge.

  • Dear YM - I have a 52ft steel ketch with shorepower, connected through an isolating transformer and RCD (residual current device ).

  • Try the wooden sailing ketch from Cala Gonone to the fabulous sea caves and beaches nearby.

  • I knew him to be the foremost authority then living on the coastal trading ketch.

  • Typical South West inshore trawler This model is still incomplete Motorized sailing ketch by John Berridge.

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Words Starting With

KKEKET

Words Ending With

HCHTCH

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Words Starting With K and Ending With H

Starts With K & Ends With HStarts With KE & Ends With HStarts With K & Ends With CH

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With K5 Letter Words Ending With H