From tri- cata maran Collins English Dictionary - Complete Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition.

What is the meaning of the word catamaran. Engines and it looked just great. A vessel usually of shallow draught with two hulls flanking the main hull Word Origin for trimaran C20. A narrow log raft or float propelled by sails or paddles.

A yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel. Catamaran definition a vessel usually propelled by sail formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them. A vessel such as a sailboat with twin hulls and usually a deck or superstructure connecting the hulls.

4 The catamaran anchored off the Ancon Peninsula so holidaymakers could snorkel or swim the inquest was told. A raft of logs or floats lashed together and propelled by paddles or sails. Catamaran n East Indies log raft 1670s from Hindi or Malayalam from Tamil Dravidian kattu-maram tied wood from kattu tie binding maram wood tree It.

The plural form of catamaran is catamarans. A catamaran is geometry-stabilized that is it derives its stability from its wide. It is a geometry-stabilized craft deriving its stability from its wide beam rather.

If you charter a boat in Miami you can pick and choose among spacious trawlers luxurious motor yachts or swift catamarans. The 59-year-old was escorted into harbour by 400 motorboats yachts catamarans and canoes blowing sirens and whistles. A boat with two parallel hulls or floats especially a light sailboat with a mast mounted on a transverse frame joining the hulls.

A yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel. 5 The submarine was then guided onto the cradle and hoisted aboard the catamaran mother ship. A catamaran is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size.