trimaran

noun

tri·​ma·​ran ˈtrī-mə-ˌran 

ˌtrī-mə-ˈran

: a fast pleasure sailboat with three hulls side by side

Examples of trimaran in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Years before the trimaran touched water in February, Baroness Ariane de Rothschild resolved to extend her family’s sailing legacy with a vessel that would test the outer limits of offshore multihull sailing. —Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026

Its hull design is a trimaran — a slender central hull with outriggers — which is uncommon for traditional submarines or surface warships. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025

Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025

In September this year the Gitana 17 will be replaced with Gitana 18, also known as the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, a next generation trimaran. —Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

tri- + catamaran

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trimaran

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan