pirogue

pi·rogue

P5356900 (pĭ-rōg′, pîr′ō)n.1. A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk; a piragua.2. Any of various boats usually propelled by paddling or poling, especially a light flatbottom boat with pointed ends.

[French, from Spanish piragua; see piragua.]

pirogue

(pɪˈrəʊɡ) or

piragua

nany of various kinds of dugout canoes[C17: via French from Spanish piragua]

pi•rogue

(pɪˈroʊg, ˈpi roʊg)

n. a canoe made of a hollowed tree trunk. [1655–65; < French < Sp piragua < Carib: dugout]

pirogue

- A canoe made from a tree trunk.See also related terms for tree trunk.

Thesaurus

Noun

pirogue - a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large logdugout canoe, dugoutcanoe - small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

Translations

canoapiroga

Pirogue

a boat of the Carib Indians consisting of a narrow wooden frame covered on the outside by tree bark, which was sewn together with roots and tarred at the seams. Some pirogues were covered with skins instead of bark. The name “pirogue” was used by Europeans to designate similar boats of other peoples, including the woodland Indians of North America. Dugouts burned or hollowed out of a single log, sometimes a tree trunk, are also called pirogues.

pirogue

noun

Synonyms for pirogue

noun a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

Synonyms

dugout canoe
dugout

Related Words

canoe

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