Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broad-beamed sailboat carrying a single sail on a mast stepped well forward and often fitted with a centerboard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat having a cat-rig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See
Illustration in Appendix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on agaff spar, used forfishing inNew England and later adapted forracing andcruising . Catboats can be recognized by a singlemast set near to thebow and a longboom which may extend over thestern .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sailboat with a single mast set far forward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We went into an empty classroom and I reached into my brief case to bring out two sets of note cards; one, a collection of colorful UNICEF cards that a kid gave me when I slipped him an extra bag of Reese's Pieces last Halloween, the other a box of formal ecru-with-blue-trim cards that were so thick you could use them to make a sail for a thirty-foot catboat.
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Thank-You Note Con Chapman 2011
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To our left the harbor was empty save for work boats, one of which was moored to the stake where we tie our eighteen-foot catboat, the Shirley J., in the summer.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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I was pleased to note a catboat in the center of Katama Bay, its skipper and crew taking advantage of the lovely day.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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Nowadays, though, I was quite satisfied to sail our eighteen-foot Herreshoff America catboat in local waters.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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To our left the harbor was empty save for work boats, one of which was moored to the stake where we tie our eighteen-foot catboat, the Shirley J., in the summer.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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Nowadays, though, I was quite satisfied to sail our eighteen-foot Herreshoff America catboat in local waters.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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To our left the harbor was empty save for work boats, one of which was moored to the stake where we tie our eighteen-foot catboat, the Shirley J., in the summer.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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I was pleased to note a catboat in the center of Katama Bay, its skipper and crew taking advantage of the lovely day.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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I was pleased to note a catboat in the center of Katama Bay, its skipper and crew taking advantage of the lovely day.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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Nowadays, though, I was quite satisfied to sail our eighteen-foot Herreshoff America catboat in local waters.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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