Definition of trimaran written for English Language Learners from the Merriam-Webster Learners Dictionary with audio pronunciations usage examples and countnoncount noun labels.

Trimaran definition. Sailboat sailing boat a small sailing vessel. Trimaran definition a vessel similar to a catamaran but having three separate hulls. See trimaran in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

From tri- catamaran Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged 12th Edition 2014 HarperCollins Publishers 1991 1994 1998 2000 2003 2006 2007 2009 2011 2014. His first yacht a trimaran was crushed by a tug as it was put into the water for the first time and had to be hauled out. A yacht with three hulls in parallel.

Learners Dictionary mobile search. View American English definition of trimaran. Usually with a single mast.

A trimaran is a fast sailing boat similar to a catamaran but with three hulls instead of two. A trimaran is a multihulled boat consisting of a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls attached to the main hull with lateral struts. Trimaran plural trimarans A type of boat with three parallel hulls.

1 n a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls Type of. Trimaran trimarans plural A trimaran is a fast sailing boat similar to a catamaran but with three hulls instead of two. Nautical Terms a vessel usually of shallow draught with two hulls flanking the main hull.

A small fast sailing boat that has a central hull floating part that is joined to two other. The trials programme has been very successful with results validating earlier research and proving that the trimaran hull form can perform as well as and. The first Trimarans started to be used in south west Asia and Madagascar.