randan

[ran-dan]

noun

a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
the method for rowing such a boat.

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Historical Examples of randan

The randan were favourites, and led; but Moulton fainted, and the four won.
Boating
W. B. Woodgate
Then they go away, and the place keeps on the randan for weeks after.
The Half-Hearted
John Buchan
It happened that while we were stopping at Cookham, a randan boat was also waiting there to start.
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.
Anonymous
This boat put off just when we did, and when both boats reached the broad, open water, the randan proposed a race to Marlow.
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.
Anonymous
Randan, a boat impelled by three rowers, the midship man sculling, and the bowman and strokesman rowing with oars.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten

British Dictionary definitions for randan

randan

noun

a boat rowed by three people, in which the person in the middle uses two oars and the people fore and aft use one oar each

Word Origin for randan

C19: of uncertain origin

randan

noun

rowdy behaviour; a spree

Word Origin for randan

C18: perhaps changed from random

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