periagua

Meaning

Noun

• A dugout canoe.
• A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
• A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
• Any small boat.

Origin

• From Spanish piragua, in turn from Galibi Carib. pirogue.