English Explanatory Dictionary

periagua

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dugout canoe.
  2. A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
  3. A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
  4. Any small boat.

Word forms

periagua periaguas

Etymology

From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.

Synonyms

pirogue dugout logboat

Related words

pirogue
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