catamaran

noun

1. a vessel, usually propelled by sail, formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them.Compare trimaran.
2. a float or sailing raft formed of a number of logs lashed together, used in certain parts of India, South America, etc.
3. a quarrelsome person, especially a woman.
4. Canadian Dialect. a wooden sled.

noun

1. a sailing, or sometimes motored, vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework
2. a primitive raft made of logs lashed together
3. old-fashioned a quarrelsome woman

n.

East Indies log raft, 1670s, from Tamil kattu-maram “tied wood,” from kattu “tie, binding” + maram “wood, tree.”