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Webster 1913 Edition
Pirogue
Pi-rogue′
,Noun.
[Originally an American Indian word: cf. F.
pirogue
, Sp. piroga
, piragua
.] A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.
[Written variously
periauger
, perogue
, piragua
, periagua
, etc.] Webster 1828 Edition
Pirogue
PIROGUE
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pirogue
pirogue
English
Noun
pirogue (plural pirogues)
- A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
- 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.
- A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ʁɔɡ/
Noun
pirogue m (plural pirogues)
- pirogue made by hollowing a log.
- Les pirogues étaient à balancier; chacune avait de trois à cinq hommes; les moyennes pouvaient avoir vingt-quatre pieds de longueur, un pied seulement de largeur, et à peu près autant de profondeur. (Voyage. La Pérouse, 1797)
- any canoe
- Les baleiniers, armant leurs pirogues de pêche,
Sont moins prompts à lancer leur barque au flot mouvant (...)
Qu'un pédant n'est rapide à défaire un esprit. (Victor Hugo, Âne, 1880)
- Les baleiniers, armant leurs pirogues de pêche,
Synonyms
Derived terms
- piroguer
- piroguier
References
“pirogue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).