bomb ketch

American  

noun

1. Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.

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Etymology

Origin of bomb ketch

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Rigged as a bomb ketch, its length is 111 feet 7 inches in the keel, extreme beam 42 feet 4 inches, depth of hold 8 feet.

From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)

Each ship covered a bomb ketch, protecting the smaller vessels from the enemy's fire.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

The Americans fixed up the Intrepid as a bomb ketch, storing a hundred barrels of powder and missiles and a hundred and fifty shells on deck.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles