PIROGUE

Etymology

Noun

pirogue (plural pirogues)

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made out of a four-foot by eight-foot piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-foot eight-inch-wide eight-foot-long pointed-end lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.

A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

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Source: Wiktionary


Pi*rogue", n. Etym: [Originally an American Indian word: cf. F. pirogue, Sp. piroga, piragua.]

Definition: A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat. [Written variously periauger, perogue, piragua, periagua, etc.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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