Definition of "catboat" []

• A broad-beamed sailboat carrying a single sail on a mast stepped well forward and often fitted with a centerboard. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "I was pleased to note a catboat in the center of Katama Bay, its skipper and crew taking advantage of the lovely day."