curragh

noun

variants or currach
Definition of curraghnext
as in skiff

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  1. skiff
  2. canoe
  3. dinghy
  4. umiak
  5. shallop
  6. scow
  7. rowboat
  8. dhow
Noun
  • 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
  • Located an hour’s drive south of the city, this outfit takes oyster lovers out into the beautiful ACE Basin estuary on a 20-foot skiff.
    Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of skiff
Noun
  • The 2028 Games will be spread throughout Southern California and stretch as far south as Temecula — about 90 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles — and as far east as Oklahoma City, about 1,300 miles away, where softball and canoe slalom will be held.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For now, the skeleton of a female humpback whale is laid out on the floor of the lighthouse, and three canoes are propped up in one wing of the old building.
    John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of canoe
Noun
  • Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of dinghy
Noun
  • Instead, guardsmen showed up in umiaks with small outboard motors.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Definition of umiak
Noun
  • The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
  • And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.
    Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
Definition of shallop
Noun
  • It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The foundation could be a raft made of tree logs; pontoon made of fiberglass, steel or aluminum; plywood barge or scow floats made from salvaged wooden and metal hulls; or box floats made of wood, metal or Styrofoam.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
Definition of scow
Noun
  • Emily finds Camille at the House of Monet, where in exactly 72 hours, Camille has managed to become a volunteer with rowboat access.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Two construction workers at a nearby home, identified by Westford Animal Control as Kris and Nate, got into a rowboat to respond.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of rowboat
Noun
  • Lightweight Packable Foldable Travel Pack $32 $22 at Amazon My water-resistant Venture Pal made its maiden voyage over two years ago on a traditional dhow boat in Mozambique.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Elsewhere, private villa rentals are the way to go, and East African Retreats offers a fantastic selection: On Lamu, Dhow House sits on a stretch of beach where boat makers have been building traditional dhows for centuries.
    Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of dhow
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