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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Ketch

/(kĕch)/ · IPA /kɛt͡ʃ/
01 n. An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
  1. 1.
    An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.(Naut.)
  2. 2.
    In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Bomb ketch — See under Bomb.
02 n. A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
  1. 1.
    A hangman. See Jack Ketch. See: Jack Ketch
03 v. t. To catch.
  1. 1.
    To catch.[Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.]
    “To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.” — Spenser.