catboat
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catboat
Where it comes from
According to Watkins, the first element is related to the animal cat and has correlations in Dutch kat (“vessel with wide fore and aft”), Medieval Latin gatus, gattus, Old French chat, a war machine or portable shed for protecting sapping operations, or a boat with such a shed, and Middle French chat (“kind of commercial vessel”).
However, it could instead derive from Irish cot, coit; see cot (sense 3).
noun catboats
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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. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.
Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
Similar: Una boat
Translations
Talk about this word "catboat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/catboat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. catboat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/catboat "catboat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/catboat.Cite this
@misc{catboat_2026,
title = {catboat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catboat},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
