trimaran
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trimaran
First recorded in 1950–55; tri- + (cata)maran
Example Sentences
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Another competitor was a tech whiz who packed his plywood trimaran with electronic gizmos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Lloyd’s List Intelligence identified the ship as the trimaran, or a three-hulled racing vessel.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022
In the 2013 edition of the biennial race, Sangmeister’s trimaran hit six telephone poles in a debris field from the 2011 tsunami.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2015
In many ways, it was a moment that defined the last five years for Sea Shepherd, the vigilante conservation group to which the trimaran belonged.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2015
Nailer was running a message to the Ladee Bar from the first officer of the Gossamer, a sleek trimaran with fixed wind-wing sails and an impressive Buckell cannon on its foredeck, when everything went wrong.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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