Meanings
nounperiagua (plural periaguas)
plural periaguas
- A dugout canoe.
That there were ſeventeen bearded Men there, and therefore, without any more Delay, I went to work with Friday to find out a great Tree proper to fell, and make a large Periagua or Canoe to undertake the Voyage.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 269 - A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
- A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Kari'na[Term?]“dugout”
- Spanishpiragua
- Englishperiagua
From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.
More words from Spanish, Kari'na
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