- a variation of rattan.
ratan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Of course, they differ very much in their temperature; so that some of them abound in the ratan and bamboo, both of enormous dimension, while others produce only oaks and pines.
From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis
We soon cut down some of the larger bamboos, with ratan to secure the cross pieces, and had an amply buoyant raft to carry one person out into the centre.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He now secured his torch to the end of another piece of ratan, eight or ten yards long, with his chopping-knife fastened by a short rope.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The roof is carefully thatched with the leaves of the nipa-palm and these are sewn into a thick mat with ratan.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
To do so I coiled it round a stick, and secured it with a piece of thin ratan.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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