multihull

multihull
/mul"tee hul', mul"tuy-/, adj.
1. (of a vessel) having more than one hull joined by a single deck.
n.
2. a multihull vessel, as distinguished from a monohull vessel.
[1955-60; MULTI- + HULL2]

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