KETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketch mean? 

• KETCH (noun)
  The noun KETCH has 1 sense:

1. a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

  Familiarity information: KETCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ketch" is a kind of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

 Context examples 

"You ketch um dog you take um all right," was his last word.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But ye'd better be up arter 'im soon in the mornin', or maybe ye won't ketch 'im; for Sam gets off main early, never mind the booze the night afore.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"You ketch um dog," were Beauty Smith's words to Grey Beaver.

(White Fang, by Jack London)