Crossword clues for catamaran
catamaran
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catamaran \Cat`a*ma*ran"\, n. [The native East Indian name.]
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.
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.
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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. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
East Indies log raft, 1670s, from Tamil kattu-maram "tied wood," from kattu "tie, binding" + maram "wood, tree."
Wiktionary
n. 1 A raft consisting of two or more logs tied together. 2 A raft used on the St Lawrence River by lashing two ships together. 3 A small rectangular raft used in dockyards to protect the hulls of large ships. 4 A twin-hulled ship or boat 5 (context colloquial English) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
WordNet
n. a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
Wikipedia
A catamaran (/ˌkætəməˈræn/) (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stabilized craft, deriving its stability from its wide beam, rather than from a ballasted keel as with a monohull sailboat. Being ballast-free and therefore lighter than a monohull, catamarans often have a shallower draft (draught) than comparably-sized monohulls. The two hulls combined also often have a smaller hydrodynamic resistance than comparable monohulls, requiring less propulsive power from either sails or motors. The catamaran's wider stance on the water can reduce both heeling and wave-induced motion, as compared with a monohull.
Catamarans range in size from small ( sailing or rowing vessels) to large (naval ships and car ferries). The structure connecting a catamaran's two hulls ranges from a simple frame strung with webbing to support the crew to a bridging superstructure incorporating extensive cabin and/or cargo space.
Usage examples of "catamaran".
Two catamarans flying brightly colored flags and loaded with tourists were pulling away from the dock, and more tourists were lined up to board the regular ferry that ran back and forth between Anguilla and St.
I had agreed the deal with Patrick Evans and checked the share ownership certificate, which showed him to be the sole owner, with sixty-four-sixty-fourths of the shares, I had pictures taken of the catamaran, some with the sails up, others of the saloon with the table laid, a vase of wild flowers and a large Balearic crayfish as the centrepiece.
Wooden docks had been extended from the bank, but these held mainly small catboats, lugboats, and catamarans.
There was even an iceboat, a catamaran resting on stainless-steel runners.
Its capital, Tallinn, seemed to be the destination for an array of roll-on, roll-off ferries, high-speed catamarans, and hydrofoils.
Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Ornifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.
The catamarans swept in on either side, throwing grapnels pronged with wood and stone.
THE BOAT WAS A sixty-three-foot catamaran made by a builder of fine sailboats in Fort Lauderdale.
A slight breeze was now stirring the leaves of the swampy forest whose nearest branches actually overhung the catamaran, and the half-furled sail flapped ineffectively.
To judge by the fittings of the catamaran, and the number of spare oars currently available, there probably ought to be six or eight people in her normal crew.
Then, after securing his own small vessel to the catamaran, he climbed aboard and seized the line with which the woman was already struggling.
While Jeremy dug the lower end of a pole into the bottom of the channel and strained his wiry weight against the upper end, doing his best to steer, keeping the catamaran from running afoul again on reeds and stumps, the girl went back into the deckhouse to check on the condition of the man.
The catamaran was as unwieldy in narrow, shallow waters as any craft of its size and shape must be.
It was still difficult for three people to propel and steer the catamaran, especially in narrow channels, but after all, their goal was downstream, and mere drifting would get them there sooner or laterif their enemies did not show up to interfere.
TWELVE On a morning when everything for once seemed to be going smoothly, with the catamaran drifting more or less steadily downstream, Carlotta briskly discussed with the new employee the matter of wages.