Definition of ketch
: 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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This year's fleet ranges from British businessman Sir Peter Harrison's 115ft ketch Sojana and superfast Volvo 70 Warrior to 20ft open keel boats.
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Instead, Veterans For Peace and other volunteers spent five years restoring the wooden-hull ketch.
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Origin and Etymology of ketch
alteration of catch, from Middle English cache
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First Known Use: circa 1649
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Definition of ketch for English Language Learners
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: a type of sailboat that has two masts
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