A small sailing vessel with two masts, used historically in coastal trading; a type of light, fast boat.
From Dutch 'cataloene' or French 'cataloune,' borrowed from Catalan 'cataló.' This nautical term originated in the Mediterranean among Catalan seafarers and traders during the Middle Ages.
Cataloons were the speedboats of the medieval Mediterranean—fast enough to outrun pirates and flexible enough to navigate shallow coastal waters that larger trading ships couldn't reach!
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