Definition of "praam" [praam]

• Alternative form of pram. (flat-bottomed boat) (noun)

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• "This heroic stripling had volunteered the command of a sort of raft, called a praam, carrying twenty-four guns, and a hundred and twenty men; on which, having pushed off from shore, in the fury of battle, he got under the stern of his lordship's ship, below the reach of the stern-chasers, and fired with considerable effect."
• "Ma olen üsna arusaaja inimene, aga vaat sellest ma aru saada ei kavatse... noh, et kuidas saab XXI sajandil ja nädalalõpul sõita vaid üksainus praam!"
• "The little praam takes the ground in the bay a few yards from the beach, and in the midst of a constellation of “jelly-fishes” spherical in form and varying in size."