ketch
noun
- type of sailing boat
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kɛt͡ʃ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English kechel (“small cake”), from Old English *cēċel (“small cake”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōkil (“small cake”).
- A pie or turnover.
verb
Etymology: From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.
- To hang.
“Well! If he has a mind to be Ketch'd, speed him say I.”
“1859, MATSELL Vocab. s.v. (Farmer), I'll ketch you; I'll hang you.”