Definitions for "Ketch"
Keywords:  mast, mizzen, rudder, aft, mizzenmast
An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast.
A two-masted sailing vessel with smaller aftermast stepped forward of the sternpost
Keywords:  hangman, jack, see
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Keywords:  catch
To catch.