currach
or cur·agh, cur·ragh
[ kuhr-uhkh, kuhr-uh ]
nounScot., Irish.
a coracle.
Origin of currach
1Words Nearby currach
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How to use currach in a sentence
Edward wished much to know whether the currach was a horse, a cart, or a chaise.
Red Cap Tales | Samuel Rutherford CrockettHowever, it was called currach Life from very early times, that is the marsh or swamp of the Liffy.
Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland | T. O. RussellIt is strange why it is called a curragh—more correctly, currach—for the word means a marsh, a place that stirs when trodden on.
Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland | T. O. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for currach
currach
curagh or curragh
/ Gaelic (ˈkʌrəx, ˈkʌrə) /
noun
a Scot or Irish name for coracle
Origin of currach
1C15: from Irish Gaelic currach; compare coracle
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