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Webster 1913 Edition
Catamaran
Catˊa-ma-ran′
,Noun.
[The native East Indian name.]
1.
A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; – used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.
2.
Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.
3.
A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called
catamarans
. Knight.
4.
A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
[Colloq.]
Definition 2024
catamaran
catamaran
See also: catamarán
English
A catamaran (twin-hulled boat)
Noun
catamaran (plural catamarans)
- A twin-hulled ship or boat.
- (colloquial, rare, obsolete) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
- 1889, William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's Choice:
- She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
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Synonyms
- (twin-hulled ship or boat): twinhull
Hypernyms
- (twin-hulled ship or boat): multihull
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- cat (diminutive)
Related terms
Translations
twin-hulled boat
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French
Etymology
From Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/
- Homophone: catamarans
Noun
catamaran m (plural catamarans)