rattann.¹

Brit.

/rəˈtan/,

/raˈtan/,

/ˈratan/, U.S.

/ræˈtæn/,

/rəˈtæn/,

/ˈræˌtæn/

Forms: 1600s ratoon, 1600s rattoon, 1600s– ratan, 1600s– rattan, 1700s–1800s rat-tan.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rotan n.¹

Etymology: Apparently a variant of rotan n.¹ (although this is first attested slightly later).

a. A section or length of the stem of a rattan plant (see sense 2), used for binding, making cane furniture, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of > portion of

rattan1606

rotan1613

rattan cane1681

1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. L2^v This tree..wee set in a frame beeing made of Ratanes or Carricke rishes, somewhat like a birds Cage.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 86 Every thing..is tyed with rattans and other strings.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 496 Our Outlagers were well lasht' down to the Canoas bottom with rattans.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 17 A shady Contrivance,..on the upper end of which sits the Master of the Family on a Bed of Rattans, a kind of Cane.

1796 tr. C. P. Thunberg Cape of Good Hope in Pinkerton (1814) 16 13 Small ratans..fastened together with cotton-thread, so as to form an arch or a vaulted roof over the tomb.

1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 42 The rattans..of Java are on the whole inferior to those of Sumatra and Borneo.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 252 These palms yield the canes or rattans of commerce.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 479/2 Exclusive of tin, the principal exports were..timber, rattans and other jungle produce.

1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 47 From the jungle nearby they collected gutta percha, rattans and other produce to sell.

2006 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. Report further suggests control over unscientific and unregulated harvesting of bamboo and rattans.

b. A cane or stem of rattan, used esp. as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment. Also: a stroke or blow with one of these.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane

reedOE

cane1590

schoolrod1633

rattan1657

rattan cane1681

rattan stick1812

swish-whip1845

swish1860

swish-cane1891

starter1905

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > cane

wand1548

cane1590

rattan1657

Japan1678

whangee1776

rattan stick1812

Malacca cane1844

crutch-cane1846

dragon cane1851

Malacca1871

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 68 In a yeers time, it grew to be eight foot high, and as large and big in the stem, as an ordinary Rattoon you walk withall.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 90 He..was chabuck't upon the soles of his feet with rattans.

1723 Full & Exact Acct. Tryal Pyrates 48 He..always had a Rattan like an Officer in his Hand.

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 185 Striking him with a rattan, at grumbling to do his duty.

1786 Lounger (1787) II. 196 When I meet a gentleman I must..flourish my rattan, to show my shapes.

1821 T. Munro Minute 16 Mar. in A. Arbuthnot Select. (1881) II. 22 The Tahsildar's power of punishment will be limited to six rattans.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. vi. 87 Fritz he often enough beats, gives a slap to with his rattan.

1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 418/2 That is to say, he must take it from the fathers of the boys under his rattan.

1994 Times 4 Mar. 13/4 The sentencing of a young American to six strokes of the dreaded ratan has brought the practice sharply into diplomatic focus.

c. Rattan stems collectively, as a material.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of

rattan?1734

rotan1771

Tobago cane1866

?1734 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. ii. 30 In other parts of China their Windows are made of Rattan, or Split Cane.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 415 Each mast has only two shrouds of twisted rattan.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 106 The bow is generally of bamboo, and the string of split ratan.

a1800 W. Cowper Life & Wks. (1837) X. 10 Here's supple-jack plenty, and store of rat-tan.

1884 Sunday at Home June 397/2 These huts..are built of bamboos..tied with rattan.

1938 Amer. Home June 24/3 Wood and wicker and rattan may be theirs.

1990 House & Garden Nov. 183/1 (advt.) Custom designed and hand made to order by English craftsmen, using the finest rattan.

2. Any of numerous climbing palms of the genus Calamus or the subfamily Calamoideae, noted for their long, slender, flexible, and often thorny stems, occurring chiefly in Indonesia and other parts of South-East Asia.ground rattan: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > rattan palm

rattan1681

jambee1704

rotan1771

calamus1836

Malacca cane1874

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials

satchel-palm1658

rattan1681

palmetto thatch1756

thatch-tree1756

rotan1771

cabbage palm tree1773

cabbage tree1796

tucum1810

gomuti1811

hat palm1812

gebang1817

tucuma1824

nikau1827

piassava1841

cabbage palm1847

bussu1850

jupati1856

timite1858

Raphia1866

thatch1866

thatch-palm1866

toquilla1877

raffia palm1897

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 17 Rattans grow in great abundance upon this Island.

1739 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. v. 20/1 There is another small reed or cane which grows upon the mountains in China, called a rattan..; when dry it is said it will produce fire if one piece be struck against another.

1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 177 Precipices..so steep that we could only draw ourselves up..by a rattan.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 129 These ratans form a tribe of plants..which, though they resemble grasses or reeds in their appearance, are true trees of the palm kind.

1894 N. B. Dennys Descr. Dict. Brit. Malaya 415 Wait-a-bit. A name conventionally applied to a species of rattan armed with powerful curved thorns.

1933 L. Ainsworth Confess. Malayan Planter 119 Without irons it was an impossible tree to climb, but creepers, or rattans, as the Malays call them, hung from it as stout as ropes.

1988 M. Steentoft Flowering Plants W. Afr. ii. 33 In the interior of the swamp, an irregular kind of forest develops, with patches of standing water surrounded by rattans, straggling shrubs.., and marantaceous herbs.

2000 Syst. Bot. 25 307/2 It has been suggested that the climbing habit has evolved several times within the Calamoideae because rattans occur in five taxonomically diverse groups within the subfamily.

Compounds

rattan bale n.

ΚΠ

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 216/1 The nutmegs are..packed up in rattan bales.

1912 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 84 496 The bark is aromatic, and somewhat astringent. It is imported in large rattan bales, and used extensively in commerce.

2007 Anthropos 102 462/1 In the late 1970s, a rattan bale cost five pieces of salt or three pieces of tobacco.

rattan cable n.

ΚΠ

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 56 A wooden anchor, and rattan cable, which by floating, made an excellent warp.

1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 77 The rushing stream is crossed by means of a basket slung on a rattan cable, which spans the gorge.

2002 S. Turnbull Fighting Ships of Far East 46/1 Grappling irons are thrown, and while men haul on the rattan cables that keep the barges together boarding takes place.

rattan cane n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane

reedOE

cane1590

schoolrod1633

rattan1657

rattan cane1681

rattan stick1812

swish-whip1845

swish1860

swish-cane1891

starter1905

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of > portion of

rattan1606

rotan1613

rattan cane1681

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Internodia,..the spaces in a Ratoon Cane between the joynts or knots.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Cane Canes make a considerable article in commerce. There are imported two sorts, viz. walking and rattan canes.

1870 C. Kingsley in Good Words June 389/1 ‘Calamus rotangi’ from the East, of which rattan canes are made.

1989 D. Pearson Natural House Bk. ii. iv. 157 The barbed rattan canes are dragged to the ground, stripped of leaves, and left to dry in the sun before they are cut into lengths and graded according to size.

2012 E. L. Ngo-Samnick Rattan Production & Processing v. 22 Rattan canes can be sold all year round, providing a stable and regular supplementary income.

rattan chair n.

ΚΠ

1834 C. D. Arfwedson U.S. & Canada I. ii. 33 The furniture consists of a few rattan chairs and a table.

1879 Harper's Mag. July 211/2 In the large parlor..with rattan chairs galore..presided Karl Whitaker.

1925 W. S. Maugham The Letter i. 9 The room is..quite simply furnished with rattan chairs, in which are cushions.

2008 P. Samarasan Evening is Whole Day xi. 227 In two years she's turned into a little old lady stuck in a rattan chair.

rattan furniture n.

ΚΠ

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 339/2 He keeps a shop for the sale of Madras hankerchiefs, Turkey red, teapoys, rattan furniture, and chow-chow sweetmeats in blue jars.

1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya ii. 31 The old kind, built on stilts like a Malay house, with wide verandahs and rattan furniture, is still the best.

1994 Esquire Aug. 31/2 It's full of rattan furniture, potted palms, louvered windows and older European men sipping DP with younger Eurasian women.

rattan mat n.

ΚΠ

1810 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India (1813) 106 Their more useful manufactures are..coarse cotton cloths for domestic consumption, ratan mats and baskets, and cane-work of all kinds.

1925 W. S. Maugham The Letter i. 9 Rattan mats on the floor.

2006 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 7 She sleeps on a rattan mat with her two girls.

rattan palm n.

ΚΠ

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 135 The Rattan Palms..are described as inhabitants of dense forests.

1913 J. E. Rogers Bk. Useful Plants 343 The usefulness of the long, tough, supple stems of the rattan palms is illustrated in homes the world over.

1993 M. Gibbons Identifying Palms 38 Daemonorops angustifolia. This climbing rattan palm is equipped with sharp hooks and spines, which enable it to struggle up through other foliage in the rainforest.

rattan rocker n.

ΚΠ

1880 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 20 Aug. (advt.) Rattan rockers.

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 617/3 We show a larger assortment of rattan rockers in our special Furniture Catalogue.

1993 Signs 18 910 A group of women talked with one another in a circle of rattan rockers.

rattan rope n.

ΚΠ

1815 J. H. Tuckey Maritime Geogr. III. 265 The rudder is attached to the sternpost by rattan ropes, of which substance all their cordage is made.

1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 172 Six or eight coils of rattan rope..are placed on a triangle formed with three rice-pounders.

2003 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 31 May e2 The stone balls..hang by rattan ropes about a foot off the ground.

rattan screen n.

ΚΠ

1817 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Aug. 122/2 We seated ourselves upon some chairs placed for us, before a rattan screen.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxxvii. 374 The rattan screens were down.

1980 B. W. Aldiss Life in West ix. 172 Rattan screens overhead fended off the brilliant sunshine.

2014 S. L. Jones Written in Blood (2015) xiv. 162 A rattan screen zigzagged the width of the room, dividing it in two.

rattan stick n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane

reedOE

cane1590

schoolrod1633

rattan1657

rattan cane1681

rattan stick1812

swish-whip1845

swish1860

swish-cane1891

starter1905

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > cane

wand1548

cane1590

rattan1657

Japan1678

whangee1776

rattan stick1812

Malacca cane1844

crutch-cane1846

dragon cane1851

Malacca1871

1812 Edinb. Advertiser 10 Nov. 1/1 He involuntarily struck him across the breast with a rattan stick.

1917 J. London Michael Brother of Jerry xxvi. 231 They used the whip and the rattan stick, and twisted his nose.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 8 July 156 (advt.) In the corner is my berimbau (that I need to practice) and my rattan sticks (that I need to train).

rattan ware n.

ΚΠ

1846 Merchants' Mag. Feb. 183 Rattan ware, rattan and bamboo work.

1949 C. Yanaga Japan Since Perry vi. 90 Many of them became makers of fans, parasols,..rattan ware, fish nets, toothbrushes, toothpicks, writing brushes, etc.

1998 Independent (Nexis) 8 Nov. 9 Bali and Lombok produce huge amounts of art and craft including textiles, wood and metalwork,..bamboo and rattan wares, and pottery.

Derivatives

† raˈttaner n. Obsolete rare. a person who uses a rattan cane.

ΚΠ

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 168 [He] then to teach him better manners, Converts the hammals to rattan-ers.

1843 Hong Kong Reg. 26 Oct. in C. T. Smith Chinese Christians (1985) ix. 188 The usual ‘man of rattan’ did not officiate, but a European who did not strike him the blow half so severe as the usual rattaner would have done.

raˈttanning n. chastisement with rattan canes.

ΚΠ

1802 J. H. Nichols Essex Junto i. ii. 9 We Both might suffer a severe rattaning, And call upon the wind for satisfaction.

1847 H. Melville Omoo xxix. 110 The ratanning of the young culprits..may also be considered as in some measure characteristic of the [French] nation.

1970 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 3 June 13/1 An attorney representing the students..said there were 90 reported cases of ratanning at the school in 1969.

2001 C. Munn Anglo-China iii. 151 Hillier continued Caine's policies of imposing on Chinese offenders rattaning, [and] banishment..for offences such as assault.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rattan
释义	rattann.¹ Brit. /rəˈtan/, /raˈtan/, /ˈratan/, U.S. /ræˈtæn/, /rəˈtæn/, /ˈræˌtæn/ Forms: 1600s ratoon, 1600s rattoon, 1600s– ratan, 1600s– rattan, 1700s–1800s rat-tan. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rotan n.¹ Etymology: Apparently a variant of rotan n.¹ (although this is first attested slightly later). 1. a. A section or length of the stem of a rattan plant (see sense 2), used for binding, making cane furniture, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of > portion of rattan1606 rotan1613 rattan cane1681 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. L2^v This tree..wee set in a frame beeing made of Ratanes or Carricke rishes, somewhat like a birds Cage. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 86 Every thing..is tyed with rattans and other strings. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 496 Our Outlagers were well lasht' down to the Canoas bottom with rattans. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 17 A shady Contrivance,..on the upper end of which sits the Master of the Family on a Bed of Rattans, a kind of Cane. 1796 tr. C. P. Thunberg Cape of Good Hope in Pinkerton (1814) 16 13 Small ratans..fastened together with cotton-thread, so as to form an arch or a vaulted roof over the tomb. 1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 42 The rattans..of Java are on the whole inferior to those of Sumatra and Borneo. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 252 These palms yield the canes or rattans of commerce. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 479/2 Exclusive of tin, the principal exports were..timber, rattans and other jungle produce. 1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 47 From the jungle nearby they collected gutta percha, rattans and other produce to sell. 2006 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. Report further suggests control over unscientific and unregulated harvesting of bamboo and rattans. b. A cane or stem of rattan, used esp. as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment. Also: a stroke or blow with one of these. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane reedOE cane1590 schoolrod1633 rattan1657 rattan cane1681 rattan stick1812 swish-whip1845 swish1860 swish-cane1891 starter1905 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > cane wand1548 cane1590 rattan1657 Japan1678 whangee1776 rattan stick1812 Malacca cane1844 crutch-cane1846 dragon cane1851 Malacca1871 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 68 In a yeers time, it grew to be eight foot high, and as large and big in the stem, as an ordinary Rattoon you walk withall. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 90 He..was chabuck't upon the soles of his feet with rattans. 1723 Full & Exact Acct. Tryal Pyrates 48 He..always had a Rattan like an Officer in his Hand. 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 185 Striking him with a rattan, at grumbling to do his duty. 1786 Lounger (1787) II. 196 When I meet a gentleman I must..flourish my rattan, to show my shapes. 1821 T. Munro Minute 16 Mar. in A. Arbuthnot Select. (1881) II. 22 The Tahsildar's power of punishment will be limited to six rattans. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. vi. 87 Fritz he often enough beats, gives a slap to with his rattan. 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 418/2 That is to say, he must take it from the fathers of the boys under his rattan. 1994 Times 4 Mar. 13/4 The sentencing of a young American to six strokes of the dreaded ratan has brought the practice sharply into diplomatic focus. c. Rattan stems collectively, as a material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of rattan?1734 rotan1771 Tobago cane1866 ?1734 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. ii. 30 In other parts of China their Windows are made of Rattan, or Split Cane. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 415 Each mast has only two shrouds of twisted rattan. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 106 The bow is generally of bamboo, and the string of split ratan. a1800 W. Cowper Life & Wks. (1837) X. 10 Here's supple-jack plenty, and store of rat-tan. 1884 Sunday at Home June 397/2 These huts..are built of bamboos..tied with rattan. 1938 Amer. Home June 24/3 Wood and wicker and rattan may be theirs. 1990 House & Garden Nov. 183/1 (advt.) Custom designed and hand made to order by English craftsmen, using the finest rattan. 2. Any of numerous climbing palms of the genus Calamus or the subfamily Calamoideae, noted for their long, slender, flexible, and often thorny stems, occurring chiefly in Indonesia and other parts of South-East Asia.ground rattan: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > rattan palm rattan1681 jambee1704 rotan1771 calamus1836 Malacca cane1874 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials satchel-palm1658 rattan1681 palmetto thatch1756 thatch-tree1756 rotan1771 cabbage palm tree1773 cabbage tree1796 tucum1810 gomuti1811 hat palm1812 gebang1817 tucuma1824 nikau1827 piassava1841 cabbage palm1847 bussu1850 jupati1856 timite1858 Raphia1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 toquilla1877 raffia palm1897 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 17 Rattans grow in great abundance upon this Island. 1739 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. v. 20/1 There is another small reed or cane which grows upon the mountains in China, called a rattan..; when dry it is said it will produce fire if one piece be struck against another. 1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 177 Precipices..so steep that we could only draw ourselves up..by a rattan. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 129 These ratans form a tribe of plants..which, though they resemble grasses or reeds in their appearance, are true trees of the palm kind. 1894 N. B. Dennys Descr. Dict. Brit. Malaya 415 Wait-a-bit. A name conventionally applied to a species of rattan armed with powerful curved thorns. 1933 L. Ainsworth Confess. Malayan Planter 119 Without irons it was an impossible tree to climb, but creepers, or rattans, as the Malays call them, hung from it as stout as ropes. 1988 M. Steentoft Flowering Plants W. Afr. ii. 33 In the interior of the swamp, an irregular kind of forest develops, with patches of standing water surrounded by rattans, straggling shrubs.., and marantaceous herbs. 2000 Syst. Bot. 25 307/2 It has been suggested that the climbing habit has evolved several times within the Calamoideae because rattans occur in five taxonomically diverse groups within the subfamily. Compounds rattan bale n. ΚΠ 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 216/1 The nutmegs are..packed up in rattan bales. 1912 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 84 496 The bark is aromatic, and somewhat astringent. It is imported in large rattan bales, and used extensively in commerce. 2007 Anthropos 102 462/1 In the late 1970s, a rattan bale cost five pieces of salt or three pieces of tobacco. rattan cable n. ΚΠ 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 56 A wooden anchor, and rattan cable, which by floating, made an excellent warp. 1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 77 The rushing stream is crossed by means of a basket slung on a rattan cable, which spans the gorge. 2002 S. Turnbull Fighting Ships of Far East 46/1 Grappling irons are thrown, and while men haul on the rattan cables that keep the barges together boarding takes place. rattan cane n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane reedOE cane1590 schoolrod1633 rattan1657 rattan cane1681 rattan stick1812 swish-whip1845 swish1860 swish-cane1891 starter1905 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm > stems of > portion of rattan1606 rotan1613 rattan cane1681 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Internodia,..the spaces in a Ratoon Cane between the joynts or knots. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Cane Canes make a considerable article in commerce. There are imported two sorts, viz. walking and rattan canes. 1870 C. Kingsley in Good Words June 389/1 ‘Calamus rotangi’ from the East, of which rattan canes are made. 1989 D. Pearson Natural House Bk. ii. iv. 157 The barbed rattan canes are dragged to the ground, stripped of leaves, and left to dry in the sun before they are cut into lengths and graded according to size. 2012 E. L. Ngo-Samnick Rattan Production & Processing v. 22 Rattan canes can be sold all year round, providing a stable and regular supplementary income. rattan chair n. ΚΠ 1834 C. D. Arfwedson U.S. & Canada I. ii. 33 The furniture consists of a few rattan chairs and a table. 1879 Harper's Mag. July 211/2 In the large parlor..with rattan chairs galore..presided Karl Whitaker. 1925 W. S. Maugham The Letter i. 9 The room is..quite simply furnished with rattan chairs, in which are cushions. 2008 P. Samarasan Evening is Whole Day xi. 227 In two years she's turned into a little old lady stuck in a rattan chair. rattan furniture n. ΚΠ 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 339/2 He keeps a shop for the sale of Madras hankerchiefs, Turkey red, teapoys, rattan furniture, and chow-chow sweetmeats in blue jars. 1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya ii. 31 The old kind, built on stilts like a Malay house, with wide verandahs and rattan furniture, is still the best. 1994 Esquire Aug. 31/2 It's full of rattan furniture, potted palms, louvered windows and older European men sipping DP with younger Eurasian women. rattan mat n. ΚΠ 1810 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India (1813) 106 Their more useful manufactures are..coarse cotton cloths for domestic consumption, ratan mats and baskets, and cane-work of all kinds. 1925 W. S. Maugham The Letter i. 9 Rattan mats on the floor. 2006 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 7 She sleeps on a rattan mat with her two girls. rattan palm n. ΚΠ 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 135 The Rattan Palms..are described as inhabitants of dense forests. 1913 J. E. Rogers Bk. Useful Plants 343 The usefulness of the long, tough, supple stems of the rattan palms is illustrated in homes the world over. 1993 M. Gibbons Identifying Palms 38 Daemonorops angustifolia. This climbing rattan palm is equipped with sharp hooks and spines, which enable it to struggle up through other foliage in the rainforest. rattan rocker n. ΚΠ 1880 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 20 Aug. (advt.) Rattan rockers. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 617/3 We show a larger assortment of rattan rockers in our special Furniture Catalogue. 1993 Signs 18 910 A group of women talked with one another in a circle of rattan rockers. rattan rope n. ΚΠ 1815 J. H. Tuckey Maritime Geogr. III. 265 The rudder is attached to the sternpost by rattan ropes, of which substance all their cordage is made. 1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 172 Six or eight coils of rattan rope..are placed on a triangle formed with three rice-pounders. 2003 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 31 May e2 The stone balls..hang by rattan ropes about a foot off the ground. rattan screen n. ΚΠ 1817 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Aug. 122/2 We seated ourselves upon some chairs placed for us, before a rattan screen. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxxvii. 374 The rattan screens were down. 1980 B. W. Aldiss Life in West ix. 172 Rattan screens overhead fended off the brilliant sunshine. 2014 S. L. Jones Written in Blood (2015) xiv. 162 A rattan screen zigzagged the width of the room, dividing it in two. rattan stick n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane reedOE cane1590 schoolrod1633 rattan1657 rattan cane1681 rattan stick1812 swish-whip1845 swish1860 swish-cane1891 starter1905 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > cane wand1548 cane1590 rattan1657 Japan1678 whangee1776 rattan stick1812 Malacca cane1844 crutch-cane1846 dragon cane1851 Malacca1871 1812 Edinb. Advertiser 10 Nov. 1/1 He involuntarily struck him across the breast with a rattan stick. 1917 J. London Michael Brother of Jerry xxvi. 231 They used the whip and the rattan stick, and twisted his nose. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 8 July 156 (advt.) In the corner is my berimbau (that I need to practice) and my rattan sticks (that I need to train). rattan ware n. ΚΠ 1846 Merchants' Mag. Feb. 183 Rattan ware, rattan and bamboo work. 1949 C. Yanaga Japan Since Perry vi. 90 Many of them became makers of fans, parasols,..rattan ware, fish nets, toothbrushes, toothpicks, writing brushes, etc. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 8 Nov. 9 Bali and Lombok produce huge amounts of art and craft including textiles, wood and metalwork,..bamboo and rattan wares, and pottery. Derivatives † raˈttaner n. Obsolete rare. a person who uses a rattan cane. ΚΠ 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 168 [He] then to teach him better manners, Converts the hammals to rattan-ers. 1843 Hong Kong Reg. 26 Oct. in C. T. Smith Chinese Christians (1985) ix. 188 The usual ‘man of rattan’ did not officiate, but a European who did not strike him the blow half so severe as the usual rattaner would have done. raˈttanning n. chastisement with rattan canes. ΚΠ 1802 J. H. Nichols Essex Junto i. ii. 9 We Both might suffer a severe rattaning, And call upon the wind for satisfaction. 1847 H. Melville Omoo xxix. 110 The ratanning of the young culprits..may also be considered as in some measure characteristic of the [French] nation. 1970 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 3 June 13/1 An attorney representing the students..said there were 90 reported cases of ratanning at the school in 1969. 2001 C. Munn Anglo-China iii. 151 Hillier continued Caine's policies of imposing on Chinese offenders rattaning, [and] banishment..for offences such as assault. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rattann.² Forms: 1700s ratan, 1700s ratann (Scottish), 1800s rattan. Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative. Perhaps compare later rataplan n. Obsolete. A drumming or beating noise; a tattoo. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1764 Hibernian Warbler 62 My heart beat a furious ratan. 1787 R. Burns Let. 2 Aug. (2001) I. 137 I did not know..why my pulse beat such a furious ratann. 1844 W. H. Ainsworth St. James i. v. 136 Their ears were saluted with the loud rattan of a drum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rattanv. Brit. /rəˈtan/, /raˈtan/, /ˈratan/, U.S. /ræˈtæn/, /rəˈtæn/, /ˈrætæn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rattan n.¹ Etymology: < rattan n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier rattanning n. at rattan n.¹ Derivatives, rattaner n. at rattan n.¹ Derivatives. 1. transitive. To fit with rattans. Now rare. ΚΠ 1803 R. Percival Acct. Ceylon vii. 154 They are uncommonly ingenious in all sorts of cane-work, and in ratanning couches and chairs. 1825 J. B. Gilchrist & T. Williamson Gen. E. India Guide & Vade-mecum 155 Not hesitating to perform a variety of services about a house, such as swinging the punkah.., rattaning the bottoms of chairs, helping to arrange and to clear furniture, and doing besides the duties of hurkarus, or peons. 1866 D. de Silva Gooneratne On Demonol. Ceylon ii, in Jrnl. Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 1865–6 40 Being a Rattan of great strength, it is used for a variety of purposes, such as making baskets, rattaning chairs and couches [etc.]. 1895 J. M. Walsh Tea 67 The chest..[is] nailed, clamped, matted and rattaned. 1931 J. L. Gillin Taming Criminal iii. 78 In four of the prisons rattan work is done. Not only is wooden furniture rattaned, but whole articles made from rattan are produced. 2. transitive. To hit or beat with a rattan cane. ΚΠ 1826 W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari II. xiv. 34 My late friend the magistrate, who got me rattaned. 1834 Mirror of Lit. 8 Nov. 332/2 The waiters began their morning practice of rattaning the dust out of their clothes. 1887 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 17 Sept. The riff-raff of Canton were summarily cuffed and rattaned by Chinese officials. 1947 E. Paul Linden on Saugus Branch 329 Instead of being shaken or rattaned, however, I was escorted to the eighth-grade room. 2000 Amer. Jrnl. Orthopsychiatry Apr. 221/1 [In a sample of Boston youths studied 1940–1945] one teacher described him as, ‘The worst student I have ever seen... He will calm down when rattaned.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1606n.²1764v.1803
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