pirogue

[ pi-rohg, pee-rohg ]
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noun
  1. a Native boat, especially an American dugout.

Origin of pirogue

1
First recorded in 1655–65; from French, from Spanish piragua piragua

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How to use pirogue in a sentence

  • She had one of her own to tell, of a woman who paddled away with her lover one night in a pirogue and never came back.

  • He had but one pirogue, in which were his wife and children.

  • The dusk of evening was now upon us, so we hurriedly pushed our pirogue-raft into the water and climbed aboard.

    Lost Pond | Henry Abbott
  • When the pirogue grounded, the Indian was out like a cat, to vanish phantom-wise among the trees.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
  • In a flash he jerked me flat between his knees and sent the pirogue with a mighty thrust beyond the zone of fire light.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for pirogue

pirogue

piragua

/ (pɪˈrəʊɡ) /


noun
  1. any of various kinds of dugout canoes

Origin of pirogue

1
C17: via French from Spanish piragua

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