Definitions

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  • noun nautical A boat having two hulls.

Etymologies

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From twin- +‎ hull.

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Examples

  • So all we have to do is amble down to the end of the pier, cut the lashings on an outside twinhull, and take off.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • He looked disdainfully at Scriber and Peregrine, as if they were to blame for not performing surgery aboard the twinhull.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • He could sail the twinhull by himself, but he'd have to be all over to do it; the fewer confusing thought sounds, the better.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • For a moment, he was sailing a twinhull across the South Sea, a newby with Rum as a pup; memories of the island person who had born Rum, and of packs before that.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • The bow-starboard twinhull, the one right next to him by the pier, looked fast and well-provisioned.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • Scriber was cutting the braid-bone fasteners that held the twinhull to the rest of the ship.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • Peregrine hotfooted it back to the bow-starboard twinhull.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

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