ketch-rigged

[ kech-rigd ]

adjective

1. rigged in the manner of a ketch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ketch-rigged¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

There rose before Tony's eyes the picture of a ketch-rigged boat sailing at night over a calm sea.

From Project Gutenberg

One morning this week a ketch-rigged three-master put to sea from a Brooklyn shipyard.

From Time Magazine Archive

"In eighteen hundred and ninety-two Grenfell sailed the ocean blue——" from Yarmouth to Labrador in a ninety-ton ketch-rigged schooner.

From Project Gutenberg

She was ketch-rigged, with six sails—mainsail, foresail, two jibs, two topsails.

From Project Gutenberg

The boat which I selected was ketch-rigged—much like a yawl, but more comfortable for lying-to in heavy weather, the sail area being more evenly distributed.

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