pirogue

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Definition of pirogue in English English dictionary

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made of one four-feet by eight-feet piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-feet eight-inches wide eight-feet long pointed-ends lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being comprised of the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval

A style of pasta shaped as miniature canoe folded over

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log

A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat

a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

A Cajun canoe

boat 14-16 feet long x 27 inches wide, propelled by paddle or pushpole through swamp and marsh; variations include V-bottomed racing and deep water pirogue Plank or dugout construction

Hyphenation

pi·rogue

Etymology

() From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Galibi Carib piraua.