noun
Meaning 1
A dugout canoe.
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Synonyms: pirogue, dugout, logboat
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Standard Lemma guide
periagua
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noun
Meaning 2
A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
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noun
Meaning 3
A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any small boat.
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Usage: broadly
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History
Etymology
From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.