noun
- plural of ketch; two-masted sailing vessels with the mainmast taller than the mizzenmast
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The harbor was filled with beautiful ketches preparing for the regatta.
- Several ketches sailed past the lighthouse at sunset.
- The yacht club specializes in maintaining classic ketches.
- These ketches were built in the early 1900s.
- The captain preferred ketches over other sailing vessels.
- Two ketches anchored in the protected cove overnight.