Pirogue

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɡ

Origin

From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Galibi Carib piraua.

Full definition of pirogue

Noun

1. A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
2. A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made of one four-feet by eight-feet piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-feet eight-inches wide eight-feet long pointed-ends lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being comprised of the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.
3. A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

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