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Meaning of periagua | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A dugout canoe.
  2. A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
  3. 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.
  4. Any small boat.
    broadly

Examples

“That there were ſeventeen bearded Men there, and therefore, without any more Delay⟳, I went to work⟳ with Friday to find⟳ out a great Tree proper to fell, and make⟳ a large Periagua or Canoe to undertake⟳ the Voyage.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

periah periaktoi periaktos periannulus perianth perianthium

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