Ketch
Ketch (kech) , noun
[Probably corrupted from Turkish qāīq: compare French caiche. Compare Caique.]
1.
(Nautical) An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
2.
(Nautical) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast.
Collocations (1)
Bomb ketch , See under Bomb.
Ketch , noun
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Ketch , transitive verb
[See Catch.]
To catch. [Now obsolete in spelling, and colloquial in pronunciation.]
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.