pi·rogue

(pĭ-rōg′, pîr′ō)

1. A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk; a piragua.

2. Any of various boats usually propelled by paddling or poling, especially a light flatbottom boat with pointed ends.

[French, from Spanish piragua; see piragua.]

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pirogue

(pɪˈrəʊɡ) or

piragua

any of various kinds of dugout canoes

[C17: via French from Spanish piragua]

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pi•rogue

(pɪˈroʊg, ˈpi roʊg)

n.

a canoe made of a hollowed tree trunk.

[1655–65; < French < Sp piragua < Carib: dugout]

pirogue

- A canoe made from a tree trunk.

pirogue

n (= dug-out canoe) → Einbaum m, → Piragua f

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"Then I'll take you some night in the pirogue when the moon shines.

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Tamaahmaah came on board of the ship in royal style, in his double pirogue. He was between fifty and sixty years of age, above the middle size, large and well made, though somewhat corpulent.

Originally they had no means of navigating the seas by which they were surrounded, superior to light pirogues, which were little competent to contend with the storms of the broad ocean.

On the morning after her arrival, the ship was surrounded by canoes and pirogues, filled with the islanders of both sexes, bringing off supplies of fruits and vegetables, bananas, plantains, watermelons, yams, cabbages and taro.

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They swooped down close to the long pirogues that navigated the lake; and the wild fishermen, terrified at the sight of the balloon, would plunge into the water and regain their islands with every symptom of undisguised affright.

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"I am very saddened by the shipwreck of a pirogue on (Monday) April 15 on Lake Kivu.

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