I. noun
also ra·tan raˈtan, rəˈ-, -aa(ə)n, ˈraˌt- ; or rattan palm or ro·tan rəˈt-
( -s )
Etymology: Malay rotan
1. : any of several climbing palms (especially of the genera Calamus and Daemonothops ) remarkable for the great length attained by their stems
2. : a portion of the very tough stem of a rattan palm used especially for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs, seats of chairs, cords, and cordage — see calamus 4, malacca cane
3. : a rattan cane or switch
whipping on the open hand with a thin rattan — R.M.Lovett
II. raˈtan, rəˈ-, -aa(ə)n transitive verb
( rattaned or rattanned ; rattaned or rattanned ; rattaning or rattanning ; rattans )
1. : to provide or strengthen with rattan
2. : to punish by striking with a rattan
the schoolmaster rattaning a young culprit
III.
or rat·ten ˈrat ə n
variant of ratton