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Meanings of pirogue in English

Portuguese
piroga
Catalan
piragua
Spanish
piragua
Wikidata

A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log.

piroga
Russian
пирога
Portuguese
piroga
Spanish
piragua
Catalan
piragua

Small boat, particularly dugout and native canoe.

Related terms
пирога
Synonyms
Examples for "dugout"
Examples for "dugout"
1
Nesis had been carried back in one dugout, Ambrose in the other.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
2
I went with him and found the dugout, which was very good.
A Farewell to Arms
3
Three trips up and down the hill conveyed it to the dugout.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
4
The sergeant and I rushed into the ruins of our machine-gun dugout.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
5
With a wild yell it burst the door of the dugout open.
The Way of the Wind
1
The only means of crossing over was by an Indian dugout canoe.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1
2
We-hro was cleaning his father's dugout canoe, after a night of fish spearing.
The Shagganappi
3
I almost lost my dugout canoe-andmy primary mode of travel-toa swollen river.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
4
He took a dugout canoe from the old board landing.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
5
Malachi Constant put out from shore in a dugout canoe.
The Sirens of Titan
Usage of pirogue in English
1
So the lateen sail was hoisted on the mast of the pirogue.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
2
At eight o'clock the pirogue regained the mooring-place and hailed the jangada.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
3
Billiot recalls going to school in a pirogue, a traditional Cajun boat.
The Guardian
4
The building of the pirogue and the ferrying took three days in all.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
5
The pirogue slipped into another bayou at the upper end of the lagoon.
The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
6
Then I'll take you some night in the pirogue when the moon shines.
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
7
In fact, the working of a fishing pirogue requires very well trained seamen.
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
8
She had been raised in a pirogue and could go anywhere.
Life on the Mississippi
9
Began to prepare pirogue with marine glue before putting the rudder-post.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton / An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Mem...
10
They captured a pirogue going up-stream, and killed all six paddlers.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 / The Founding of the Trans-Al...
11
A dozen held tremblingly to the pirogue's gunwale, lest they fall and drown.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
12
Tamaahmaah came on board of the ship in royal style, in his double pirogue.
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
13
I took a trip there recently in a pirogue with local skipper Paul Tucker.
The Irish Times
14
His majesty re-embarked in his double pirogue, at about six o'clock in the evening.
Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the y...
15
A pirogue is waiting for you on the canal not a hundred yards off.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
16
And with his head unbent, he stepped into the pirogue.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
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Translations for pirogue
Portuguese
piroga
Spanish
piragua
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