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Pirogue vs Periagua - What's the difference?

pirogue | periagua | Related terms |

Pirogue is a related term of periagua.


As nouns the difference between pirogue and periagua

is that pirogue is a canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log while periagua is a dugout canoe.

pirogue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
  • 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.
  • A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

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    periagua

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a dugout canoe
  • by extension, any small boat

    • Related terms

    * pirogue, an overlapping but not identical term from the French