Al'ma-die, n.

n. [Fr. almadie, Sp. & Pg. almadia, from Ar. al-ma'diyat, a raft, float.] (Naut.) (a.) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b.) A long boat used at Calicut, in India, eighty feet long, and six or seven broad; — called also cathuri. Encyc. Brit.