Randan

A randan is a boat rowed by three persons, stern and bow using a single oar each and the central person a pair of sculls. The word is of unknown origin, and can hardly be connected with a slang term for a row or spree, which is found as early as the beginning of the 18th century and is generally taken as a variation of random, haphazard.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Randan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 885.