prau
Americannoun
noun
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In 1988, a descendent of his recreated the trip from Indonesia to Australia in a traditional prau as part of the latter country's bicentennial celebrations.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2014
“I’ve tried to keep in the course by which the prau came when it passed us, but the darkness is so deceptive that we might as well be blind.”
From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by A. Forestier
“Should you think these are pirates?” said Mark, pointing towards one particularly swift-looking prau just gliding out of the harbour.
From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by A. Forestier
Ah, that was better aimed,” he said, as the brass lelah on board the prau was fired, to strike the sand in front of the natural stockade, and then fly right over the sailors’ heads.
From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by A. Forestier
She was a prau with four men in her, belonging to Achin, whither she was bound.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss
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