piragua
[pi-rah-gwuh, -rag-wuh]
Origin of piragua
1525–35; < Spanish < Carib: dugout
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It was one of the English boats, which had mistaken them for a Spanish piragua.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3)Walter Thornbury
The fifth, of 50 tons, with a piragua, fell to the lot of Captain Coxen.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3)Walter Thornbury
All day we fought like bull dogs, but they burnt the booms at night, And I fled in a piragua sore wounded from the fight.
The English in the West IndiesJames Anthony Froude
An awning of brilliant cloths, running from stem to stern over the piragua, overshadowed and almost hid the rowers.
The Infidel, Vol. I.Robert Montgomery Bird
From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today.
Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial VirginiaCerinda W. Evans
piragua
Word Origin for piragua
C17: via Spanish from Carib: dugout canoe
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