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noun
A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small boat
History
Of Celtic origin; related to Welsh corwg, Irish curach (“boat”) and Cornish gorhel (“ship”), from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).
Across languages
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