catboat

[kat-boht]

noun

1. a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.

catboat

/ ˈkætˌbəʊt /

noun

1. Shortened form: cat. a sailing vessel with a single mast, set well forward and often unstayed, and a large sail, usually rigged with a gaff

Word History and Origins

Origin of catboat¹

First recorded in 1875–80; cat ( def. ) + boat

Example Sentences

She was a catboat, twenty feet long and almost as wide.

From Literature

A catboat was just leaving the harbor as we sailed in.

From Literature

Mr. Bradley’s father built the half-hull model of a red catboat that hangs near the restaurant’s pay phone.

From New York Times

Whole bright days of spring and early summer they spent out in Roke Bay in light catboats, practicing steering by word, and stilling waves, and speaking to the world’s wind, and raising up the magewind.

From Literature

There was not wind enough to take a catboat from Hancock’s Wharf to Noddle Island.

From Literature