curragh

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A small light boat with a wooden frame covered in animal skin or cloth used in Ireland and Scotland

noun
/ˈkʌr əx/

: curragh

The curragh glided smoothly across the lake, showcasing its lightweight design.
getting your curragh

Examples

In traditional Irish culture, fishermen often used a curragh made of wicker and covered with animal skin.
It was a day for curraghs.

Fiction book (1997)
Are you getting your curragh ready so?

Fiction book (1997)
Just commenting on how nice your curragh is, is all.

Fiction book (1997)
So you're getting your curragh ready.

Fiction book (1997)
The larger sailing boats would pull the curraghs behind them.

Fiction book (1997)
In the olden times, people used cow hide on their curraghs.

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
I rocked it back and forth until most of the water was cleared, and it bounced on the waves before I heaved myself back into the curragh.

Fiction book (1991)
During the festival, participants raced their curraghs to celebrate the ancient maritime heritage.

Synonyms

coracle

vscurragh

1 9.9

A small round boat with a woven frame covered in animal skin or cloth used on rivers

uses a wooden frame and is typically not round

batel

vscurragh

Archaic

1 9.9

A small wooden boat for rowing or fishing

describes a specific hide-covered wooden framed craft from Ireland and Scotland

How Small

dinghy

17 4.8

skiff

14 7.7

curragh

1 9.9

boat

∞ 1.0

ship

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

curragh singular

curraghs plural

Etymology

Curragh comes from the Irish word currach, which meant a 'boat' with a wooden frame covered in 'skin' or 'canvas', so imagine a small boat wrapped like a coat. So a curragh today is still a light, traditional Irish boat used by fishermen along the coast.