Căt'a-ma-răn', n.
n. [From cāthī-mā-răn, floating trees, the native name in Ceylon.] 1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of three pieces of wood lashed together, and often moved by means of a large sail;—used in Ceylon for fishing and landing goods. It is also used on the Coromandel coast of India, the eastern coast of South America, and the West Indies. The name is also applied to the large rafts used for the timber traffic in the St. Lawrence and its tributaries.
- A kind of flat-bottomed boat constructed by Bonaparte for the invasion of England.
- A woman of quarrelsome temper; a scold. [Collog.]
