Associations to the word «Ketch»

Pictures for the word «Ketch»

Wiktionary

KETCH, noun. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
KETCH, verb. Eye dialect spelling of catch..
KETCH, verb. (rare) To hang.
KETCH, noun. A hangman.

Dictionary definition

KETCH, noun. A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope