Meaning & use
ketch
Last updated
A two-masted sailing boat with a smaller mizzenmast set forward of the rudder.
See it in a sentence
They spent the summer sailing a weathered old ketch along the coast.
The harbor was full of yachts, ketches, and fishing boats.
A note on using this word
Distinguished from a yawl by the position of its mizzenmast, which sits forward of the rudder post rather than behind it.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “ketch”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.