ketch

Everyday

A ketch is a sailing boat with two masts, a taller one at the front and a shorter one near the back. tree →

In the lessons

Stories about the sea, history and sailing lessons. It tells the reader what kind of boat is used. Not to be confused with old dialect «ketch» for «catch».

Examples

• They sailed round the coast in a ketch. tree →
• A ketch has two masts. tree →
• The old fishing ketch was painted blue. tree →
• The pirates chased a small ketch. tree →
• We visited a ketch in the harbour museum. tree →
• The ketch caught the wind and sped away. tree →

Note

Plural: ketches. In some old dialect speech, «ketch» means «catch» («ketch that ball») — that is not standard English.