ratan

American  

[ra-tan, ruh-] / ræˈtæn, rə- /

noun

1. a less common variant of rattan.

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ratan British  

/ ræˈtæn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of rattan

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Example Sentences

That python broke green ratan thongs half an inch in diameter, and soon twisted out of all its fastenings except the one about its neck.

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello

Every box is properly weighed, papered, and bound with split ratan, the bill of the purchase has gone duly authenticated to the foreign factory, and the teas bid farewell to their native soil.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various

Several pieces of small ratan lay near us, and taking one of them, he formed a noose, with which in his hand he crept towards the tree.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Some of the magnificent volute shells were employed as baskets; while gigantic helmet shells, suspended by ratan handles, formed the vessels in which fresh water was brought from house to house.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

After hasty calculations he set them to work digging toward the head waters, following a line of ratan which he stretched to guide them.

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello