piragua

[ pi-rah-gwuh, -rag-wuh ]

/ pɪˈrɑ gwə, -ˈræg wə /

Also pirogue. a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.

a flat-bottomed sailing vessel having two masts.

Origin of piragua

1525–35; < Spanish < Carib: dugout

piqué, pir, piracicaba, piracy, piraeus, piragua, pirandello, piranesi, piranha, pirapóra, pirarucu

The fifth, of 50 tons, with a piragua, fell to the lot of Captain Coxen.

The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) |Walter Thornbury
From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today.

Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia |Cerinda W. Evans
Sawkins, whose canoe was disabled, went next into the piragua to meet Peralta, leaving the four canoes to harass the admiral.

The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) |Walter Thornbury
All day we fought like bull dogs, but they burnt the booms at night, And I fled in a piragua sore wounded from the fight.

The English in the West Indies |James Anthony Froude

An awning of brilliant cloths, running from stem to stern over the piragua, overshadowed and almost hid the rowers.

The Infidel, Vol. I. |Robert Montgomery Bird

piragua

/ (pɪˈrɑːɡwə, -ˈræɡ-) /

another word for pirogue

C17: via Spanish from Carib: dugout canoe