Definition of ketches Ketches
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What does ketches mean?
Wiktionary 
- ketches (Noun)
Plural of ketch.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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ketches
are principally used as yachts, or as bomb-vessels, the former of which are employed to convey princes of the blood, ambassadors, or other great personages from one part to another; and the latter are used to bombard citadels, or towns, or other fortresses.The bomb-ketches are therefore furnished with all the apparatus necessary for a vigorous bombardment. They are built remarkably strong, as being-fitted with a greater number of riders than any other vessel of war; and indeed this reinforcement is absolutely necessary to sustain the violent shock produced by the discharge of their mortars, which would otherwise, in a very short time, shatter them to pieces. See MORTAR and SHELL.
Part of speech
🔤- ketches, noun, plural of ketch.
