pirogue

noun

Definition of piroguenext
as in canoe

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Recent Examples of pirogue The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore. — Dionne Searcey, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early-morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore. — Mady Camara, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023 Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the migrants' pirogue, a large fishing boat, left the seaside town of Fass Boye on July 10. — Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pirogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirogue
  1. canoe
  2. skiff
  3. flatboat
  4. rowboat
  5. kayak
  6. dinghy
  7. pontoon
  8. raft
Noun
  • Equipment used on the pond, including paddleboards, a rowboat, a canoe, life jackets and more, is included with the sale of the property.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • No archeological evidence of boats has been found in the area, but there is other evidence of sea-faring Sicilians, as well as 7,000-year-old dugout canoes found in Italy’s Lake Bracciano.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of canoe
Noun
  • Another could see guests hiking to a glacial lake or going for a skiff tour among icebergs.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Founder Christopher Columbus Smith built his first wooden boat, a skiff, in 1874, as a 13-year-old growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan.
    — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of skiff
Noun
  • On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of flatboat
Noun
  • Equipment used on the pond, including paddleboards, a rowboat, a canoe, life jackets and more, is included with the sale of the property.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Besides simply taking in the beauty of some 2,600 trees, visitors can rent rowboats and buy food and drinks at numerous food stalls.
    — Katherine LaGrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of rowboat
Noun
  • Three people were aboard one kayak when an incident occurred and caused all three people to fall into the water, according to a statement from Texas Parks and Wildlife.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Paddlers can wind their way via canoe or kayak through Cane Bayou, surrounded by cypress trees, turtles, waterfowl, and other creatures.
    — Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of kayak
Noun
  • Domingo Trujillo, captain of the agency's rescue vessel, told broadcaster TVE that rescuers had been aware that a pregnant woman was on the dinghy.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of dinghy
Noun
  • Just for a minute, my husband and I agree, because the weather is beautiful, because my son does look like my father, because the pontoon is big and fancy and the baby has never been on a boat before.
    — Julie Buntin, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • On Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told Morning Edition that he's been traveling across the state on a pontoon boat, mourning with the families of recently deceased residents and helping those who were displaced.
    — Destinee Adams, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of pontoon
Noun
  • At least 15 green iguanas appeared on the beaches of Anguilla in the Caribbean in 1995 on rafts of uprooted trees.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Real estate investment still fell by nearly 10% in the first two months of the year, according to a raft of official economic figures released Monday.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of raft

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