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Pirogue

/pəˈɹəʊɡ/

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

📖 Definitions of "Pirogue"

noun
  1. 1

    A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

  2. 2

    A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made out of a four-foot by eight-foot piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-foot eight-inch-wide eight-foot-long pointed-end lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.

  3. 3

    A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

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