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ketch
(ketch)
Pronunciation:
/kɛtʃ/
noun
a two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than its foremast.
Origin:
mid 17th century
: later form of obsolete
catch
, probably from
catch
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