piperyn.
/ˈpɪpəri/, U.S. /ˈpɪpəri/ Now historical.
A raft or boat resembling a catamaran, used on the east coast of South America and in the Caribbean.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > raft > types of raft
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1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 102 We..saw all along the [Argentine] Coast..the Negro's Piperies [Fr. de Piperies des nègres], as they are called, being no other than three or four pieces of Wood made fast together, whereon two men go out a fishing.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 216 We cut and made Piperies or Floats of four or five of these truncs, being light and floating;..they being tied together..two or three or more of them, according to the bigness of the Pipery.
1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. vii. 151 The Buccaniers..descended it [sc. the river] in floats or pippirees to the Atlantic.
1856 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Hist. Buccaneers Amer. (new ed.) 457 My pipery happening to be cast upon such a place, I was forced to untie the pieces of wood, and to straddle upon one piece.
2000 Dict. World's Watercraft (2001) 457/1 Piperie 1. Brazil, NE: Small raft used for fishing by the coastal Tupí tribes (southeast of the Amazon Delta)... 2. West Indies: In the French islands, a 1-man fishing raft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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