currach
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of currach
1400–50; late Middle English currok < Scots Gaelic curach, Irish currach boat; coracle
Example Sentences
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The book opens with Mr. Lloyd, an English artist, heading out to sea in a fragile hand-rowed currach.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022
Thirteen rowers left the island in a 40-foot currach, a traditional canvas boat, following the journey made by Colmcille and his followers almost 1,400 years ago.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2013
A typical one is "The Currach Race"�a currach being the paper-thin, skin and withy rowboat in which Galway fishermen put out into the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their taunts goad him into taking an oar in a currach race on St. Patrick's Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The currach looked like a great black beetle inching itself toward the sea.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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