[
US
/ɹæˈtæn/
]
[ UK /ɹˈætən/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈætən/ ]
NOUN
- climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
- the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
- a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
How To Use rattan In A Sentence
- I've turned into an armchair traveler, so I'll update from my red rattan chair.
- He was seated in a rattan chair, staring out across the lawn. AMAGANSETT
- Furnishings in this vein incorporate exotic materials such as bamboo, wicker, rattan, banana bark and motifs of monkeys, elephants, camels and palm leaves.
- In the United States, Indonesian-made rattan furniture or garments are not inexpensive.
- Until the 1980s some criminals were still flogged with a rattan cane as a punishment.
- The court sentenced him to four strokes on his bare buttocks with a rattan cane.
- Bent wood, rattan, wrought iron, or brass give you the best eye appeal in a floor-standing coat rack.
- The rest of the structure is of bamboo: poles 80 to 100 mm in diameter are lashed together with rattan or connected by bolts to form roof trusses and the colonnade.
- Ain't no reason ter lose the trail," cries a voice, and to my fury I saw it was one of Grattan's guards, a buckskinned brute called Skate. Isabelle
- Penalties: B Mcgrattan, Bng (high sticking), 4: 58; J Jaspers, Spr (holding), 7: 34; J Fibiger, Bng USATODAY.com
