Masoola boat

Ma`soo´la boat`

1.

A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.