ratans

For properly speaking, the word cane should be restricted in its application to a peculiar class of palms, known as ratans, included under the closely allied genera _Calamus_ and

Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday

Our next obstacle was more troublesome, being a strong barrier right across the river, formed of two rows of trees placed firmly in the mud, with their tops crossed and secured together by ratans; and along the fork, formed by the crossing of the tops of these stakes, were other trees firmly secured.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Secondly, woods of the finest descriptions, for ship-building, and other purposes; besides aloes wood (_lignum aloes_), and arang or ebony wood, canes, and ratans.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

The _bonang_ is an instrument with inverted bronze bowls resting on ratans and struck with mallets.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various

P.M. The first part of our march was very difficult, it in fact consisted of crossing a precipice overhanging the Lohit; the difficulty was increased by the slipperiness occasioned by the rain; no one could pass some of the places unless aided by ratans fixed to trees, etc. We came to the Sung river about 12 noon, but were delayed some time in building a bridge.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

The Dyaks, they told me, collected ratans, and likewise canes, which are plentiful.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Her anchor, too, was of curious construction: it consisted of a tough, hooked piece of timber, which served as the fluke or hook, being strengthened by twisted ratans, which bound it to the shank; while the stock was formed of a large flat stone, also secured by ratans to the shank.

In the Eastern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The ratans I speak of, though allied to palms, are creepers.

In the Eastern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

They were considerably taller than those on our island -- some of the most lofty being draped with festoons of the creeping ratans, which gave them a peculiarly graceful appearance.

In the Eastern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Here and there also were groups of bamboos; and in many places ratans grew, hanging from tree to tree.

In the Eastern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847