gufan.
/ˈɡuːfə/ A round boat, made from straw and palm branches, found in Mesopotamia since ancient times.
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1914 R. Meinertzhagen Diary 30 Jan. (1960) 65 Fortunately we were surrounded by gufas into which we quickly transferred our belongings and ourselves.
1919 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 23/2 Moored behind the mahailas are two strings of the up-river gufars.
1925 Countries of World IV. 2729/2 The ‘gufas’, the round cauldron-shaped coracles of the Tigris and Euphrates are the oldest river~craft in existence.
1951 A. Christie They came to Baghdad xii. 111 A gufa, the primitive craft of the Tigris.
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