piragua
Also pirogue. a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
a flat-bottomed sailing vessel having two masts.
Origin of piragua
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How to use piragua in a sentence
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 Virginia | Cerinda W. EvansAgeros's description of the construction of a piragua cannot be improved.
Their boats had the addition of another piragua, which they found lying at Chepillo.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) | Walter ThornburySawkins, whose canoe was disabled, went next into the piragua to meet Peralta, leaving the four canoes to harass the admiral.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) | Walter ThornburyAn 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
British Dictionary definitions for piragua
/ (pɪˈrɑːɡwə, -ˈræɡ-) /
another word for pirogue
Origin of piragua
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