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ketch (kec̸h)

noun

a small, two-masted sailing vessel rigged fore and aft, with the mizzenmast somewhat shorter than the mainmast and located forward of the rudderpost

Etymology: ME cache < cacchen, to catch: orig. used of fishing vessels

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