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catamaran ((v.)) 
1 v. join two boats or kayaks together to gain stability in rough water.
- 1924 Our boat, sixteen feet long, and the kayak, we would catamaran if we came upon rough weather.
- 1936 (1955) . . . kayaks were catamaraned and . . . a bevy of battered old canoes were launched.
2 v. Rare move or travel in a boat or kayak rigged in this way.
- 1924 For three days an endless chain of them plied the ship's dories, and their own kayaks catamaraned between ship and shore. . . .
- 1924 Our boat, sixteen feet long, and the kayak, we would catamaran if we came upon rough weather.