Kētch, n.

noun

n. [Fr. caiche, quaiche, Sp. & Pg. queche, L. Ger. & D. kits; allied to Fr. caïc, caïque, cague, Sp. caïque, It. caïcco, N. Gr. καΐκι, Turk. kāik, D. caag, O. Sw. kogg, Icel. kuggr, kuggi, Eng. cog.] (Naut.) A vessel with two masts, a main and mizzen-mast, usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden. ☞ Ketches are generally used as yachts or as bomb-vessels. The latter are called bomb-ketches.

A two-masted ketch with its sails and rigging is shown under sail on the water. — Ketch.