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Word origin for catamaran. CNN Transcript Jan 7 2005. A sailing or sometimes motored vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework. This word comes from the Dutch word jacht which means hunt.

Tamil kaṭṭumaram kaṭṭu to tie maram wood log. An old kind of fire-ship long superseded. An air cushion between the two hulls is created as the catamaran moves through the water.

N Catamaran kata-mar-an or kat-amar-an a raft of three pieces of wood lashed together the middle piece being longer than the others and serving as a keelon this the rower squats and works a paddlemuch used in the Madras surf. Furthermore j achtschepen was the name for narrow light and very fast sailing boats that the Dutchmen were using for intercepting larger and slower boats and ships. A fast sailing boat with two hulls compare trimaran Topics Transport by water c2 Sports.

A primitive raft made of logs lashed together. Thus in my search for the true origins of Catamaran the boat I have come to realize that it is a good thing that it is not actually Filipino in origin. A boat propelled by a sail.

Practical examples Automatically generated examples. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 5th Edition. More Italian words for catamaran.

From Tamil கடட kaṭṭu to tie மரம maram tree wood. Brewers Dictionary of Phrase Fable lists it as A colloquial term for a quarrelsome old woman so called from a pun on cat. The catamaran anchored off the Ancon Peninsula so holidaymakers could snorkel or swim the inquest was told Origin Early 17th century from Tamil kaṭṭumaram literally tied wood.