randan

[ ran-dan ]

/ ˈræn dæn /

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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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Words nearby randan

rancour, rand, R & A, Randall, Randallstown, randan, Rand, Ayn, R&B, R&D, randem, Randers

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How to use randan in a sentence

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
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
Then they go away, and the place keeps on the randan for weeks after.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
Larger wherries were also built, ‘randan’ rig (for a pair of oars with a sculler amidships, or three pairs of sculls at option).
Boating|W. B. Woodgate

The randan were favourites, and led; but Moulton fainted, and the four won.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate

British Dictionary definitions for randan (1 of 2)

randan¹

/ (rænˈdæn, ˈrændæn) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for randan (2 of 2)

randan²

/ (ˌrænˈdæn, ˈrænˌdæn) /

noun

rowdy behaviour; a spree

Word Origin for randan

C18: perhaps changed from random

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