rattan
IPA: rætˈæn
noun
- Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
- (uncountable) The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.
- (by extension) A cane made from this material.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To beat with a rattan cane.
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Examples of "rattan" in Sentences
- [FN#379] In text "'Úd Khayzarán" - wood of the rattan, which is orig.
- Shane should also be picking me up some better sword rattan at Gulf Wars.
- If instead of rattan is was made of cardboard my cat would go nuts for it.
- The fastenings of the entire work were of rattan, which is found in plenty.
- This is supposed to yield the walking-canes known as rattan, which is doubted.
- Brown said: "I believe that snake is in the boat yet," and at the same time threw at Jones a piece of rattan, which is good to scare one with -- it's a veritable snake.
- Besides the small knife for splitting rattan, which is the special implement of the Dayak woman, the fair sex of the Penyahbongs has a parang, a spear, an axe, a bone implement used in working rattan mats, and
- In regard to the rest, each man was secured to his place at the oar by means of a strip of cane, called rattan, fastened round his neck, and a man was appointed to lash them when they showed symptoms of flagging.
- I have seen in a work on Ceylon the miserable little acid berry of the rattan, which is no larger than a currant, described as a fruit; hawthorn berries might, with equal justice, be classed among the fruits of Great Britain.
- Meantime, rising property prices, partly driven by investors banking on the Unesco listing, have pushed out many longtime residents, threatening the multicultural community that gives the town its unique mix of festivals, food and traditional trades, such as rattan weaving.
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