pirogue
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- noun
- /pɪˈroʊg/
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pirogue
- The child watched in awe as a colorful pirogue passed by, its paddlers expertly navigating the gentle waves.
- pirogues and canoes
- pirogue in a bayou
- paddle a pirogue
Examples
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The next day, she found out their pirogue had capsized and that Glenny had nearly drowned.
Fiction book (1994) -
Two fishermen skillfully maneuvered their pirogue through the narrow river, searching for the best spot to cast their nets.
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I saw another pirogue tied up to the rock, too.
Fiction book (2001) -
We call them pirogues, and I know those very well.
Fiction book (1992) -
The stranger's pirogue is still there, moored to the rock.
Fiction book (2001) -
A pirogue shot out, then another; finally, perhaps one hundred pirogues were swarming about the visitors.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then the trappers come by in their pirogues.
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The three of them were attempting to row the pirogue back to the big boat, but in fact their small craft was solidly grounded in the Missouri mud.
Fiction book (2002) -
I remembered that long ago my grandfather had told me that when he was a boy, the Waraos came in their pirogues from off the coast of South America to sell their ground provisions in the markets in Trinidad.
Fiction book (1998) -
As the four men watched, some of the trappers began pushing off in pirogues and canoes, cargo piled high between two paddlers in each small boat.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A small boat made by hollowing out a large log
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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 small narrow wooden boat people move with paddles for fishing
A light boat made by covering a wooden frame with birch bark
A light canoe made by stretching birch bark over a wooden frame
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pirogue comes from the Native American word piragua, which meant 'canoe' or 'small boat' and was taken into Spanish and then French. Think of a long, narrow boat made by hollowing out a tree trunk—this is the image behind the name, so pirogue today means a long, narrow canoe, much like a canoe.