rabaska

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large canoe, originally made of tree bark and used by the Algonquin people, now a kind used in sport and recreation.

Word forms

rabaska rabaskas

Etymology

A Canadianism from New France, derived from athapaskaw, a word common to Algonquin and Cree.

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