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Definition of Catamarans
1. catamaran [n] - See also: catamaran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catamarans
Literary usage of Catamarans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"In the autumn, a feeble attempt was made for the destruction of the flotilla at
Boulogne by the use of catamarans, or fire-machines of anew construction. ..."
2. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta by Reginald Heber (1828)
"Voyage—Invalid Officers and Soldiers from Rangoon—catamarans— Madras—Schools—Native
Christians—Visit to Prince Azeem Khan — Sir Thomas Munro — St. Thomas's ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"Since 1876 many catamarans of various forms have been built, most of them having
rigid connections, which in smooth water are well enough, ..."
4. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta by Reginald Heber (1844)
"Voyage—Invalid Officers and Soldiers from Rangoon—catamarans—Madras—Schools—Native
Christians —Visit to Prince Azeem Khân —Sir Thomas Munro — St. Thomas's ..."
5. The Wanderings of a Spiritualist by Arthur Conan Doyle (1921)
"The catamarans.—The Robber Castles of Ceylon.—Doctrine of Reincarnation. —Whales
and Whalers.—Perth.—The Bight. WE had a favourable journey across the Bay ..."
6. L'Acadie: Or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America by James Edward Alexander (1849)
"Explore about the Salmon River—North and South American forests compared—A fearful
judgment— Construct two catamarans—Voyage down the river— An original ..."
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