Meanings
nounoutrigger canoe (plural outrigger canoes)
plural outrigger canoes
- A seagoing canoe having one or more lateral support floats to provide stability.
The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN
Translations
Catalan canoa polinèsia
- canoa polinèsiaa seagoing canoe
French pirogue à balancier
- pirogue à balanciera seagoing canoe
German Auslegerboot
- Auslegerboota seagoing canoe
Hebrew סִירַת שְׁלָחִים
- סִירַת שְׁלָחִים (sirat shlakhim)a seagoing canoe
Māori waka ama
- waka amaa seagoing canoe
Tagalog paraw
- parawa seagoing canoe
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