Catamaran

[,kætəmə'ræn] or ['kætəmə'ræn]

Definition

(noun.) a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck.

Edited by Abraham--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.

(n.) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

Editor: Pasquale

Definition

n. a raft of three pieces of wood lashed together the middle piece being longer than the others and serving as a keel—on this the rower squats and works a paddle—much used in the Madras surf: an old kind of fire-ship long superseded; an ill-natured woman.

Checked by Hank