prahu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But every now and then some straight piece of the river would give the enemy his chance, and the rowers forced the prahu along, so that she gained ground.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
A war prahu generally contains from fifty to eighty men.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
At last the sultan of Sooloo agreed to send a prahu with us to pilot us up the river, to the town where the crew of the Premier were in durance.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
The doctor rose, and shading his eyes, gazed down the stream, but there was no prahu as yet in sight; and he then glanced to left and right for a hiding-place beneath the overhanging trees.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
Seeing that we were completely enclosed, a musket-ball was fired over the largest prahu.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
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