dugout
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈdʌɡaʊt/
:
piragua
- We hid our dugout canoe in the thicket and headed west, carrying our baskets and net.
- dugout canoe
Examples
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To reach the remote island, we traveled in a traditional dugout made from a single log.
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Chucalissa: This site near Memphis features reconstructed buildings, gardens, and a dugout canoe.
Academic text (2002) -
Yes, miss, in a dugout canoe.
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And in the morning we can chop down a big tree... and make a dugout canoe.
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The dugout canoes were used in some areas into the early 1900s.
Academic text (1996) -
Moon said he'd paddle his own homemade dugout down the Amazon.
Fiction book (1990) -
Historical accounts report that the Maya carved large dugout canoes from mahogany and other hardwoods, capable of carrying forty or fifty people.
Academic text (1991) -
The tribe used a dugout canoe to navigate the winding river.
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After hollowing out the log, the craftsmen revealed a beautiful dugout canoe ready for fishing.
Synonyms
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9.9
A long narrow wooden boat carved from one tree trunk
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5.3
A small boat carved from one large tree trunk
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A light boat made from birch tree bark and used by Native people in North America
A light boat made by covering a wooden frame with birch bark
A light canoe made by stretching birch bark over a wooden frame
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Etymology
Dugout comes from the simple parts dug + out, meaning 'dug out' of wood. Think of a big log that someone hollowed by digging to make a boat, which is why a dugout canoe is made from a single hollowed tree trunk.