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Definition of Catboat
1. Noun. A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.
Definition of Catboat
1. n. 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.
Definition of Catboat
1. Noun. (nautical) A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. Catboats can be recognized by a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catboat
1. a small sailboat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catboat
Literary usage of Catboat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book of Sports: A Practical Guide to Physical Development and by Jahial Parmly Paret (1901)
"... Ill HOW TO SAIL A catboat YACHTING is always associated in most people's minds
with a large boat and a uniformed crew of professional sailors, ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"When the two captains reached the shoal, they found there a catboat aground ...
They helped anchor the catboat, and then they took the man on their boat and ..."
3. Hawkins Electrical Guide: Questions, Answers & Illustrations; a Progressive ...by Nehemiah Hawkins by Nehemiah Hawkins (1914)
"In the above illustration a catboat is shown at anchor in a stream ... In this
instance both catboat and dory are moving with respect to the water if the ..."
4. The Book of the Ocean by Ernest Ingersoll (1898)
"THE NEWPORT catboat. On the Pacific coast, . . . wherever there is a bay that
will afford a harbor, and a town that will support people, the yacht is used ..."
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