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
  • On Friday, French skiff sailing partners Sarah Steyaert and Charline Picon were proposed to by their respective boyfriends after winning bronze in the women’s skiff 49erFX.
    Jenna West, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Whether focused on a sumptuous superyacht that sleeps 12, a simple flats fishing skiff, or a pleasant day focused on boat wishes and people watching, FLIBS is an enjoyable experience where boating dreams are born, nurtured, and fulfilled for a large number of the 100,000+ attendees.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of skiff
Noun
  • Cast a line off the fishing pier, launch a canoe, or pack a picnic to enjoy under a pavilion.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Huge canoes!’ Generally speaking, wayfinding is the act of orienting and traveling from place to place.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of canoe
Noun
  • People who couldn’t afford to hire a guide and be chauffeured comfortably in a Mackenzie boat, or who didn’t want to, arrived with dinghies and johnboats lashed to the roofs of old yellow buses.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
  • And here are the day's remaining medal events: Sailing — Mixed dinghy is at 5:43 a.m.
    Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 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
  • It cannot be emphasized enough just how important the bond between Swept Away’s core four performers is, especially when they’re all confined onto a rowboat for the entirety of the show's second half.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • This week’s picks include a Korean cyberpunk novel, a story collection set in Rome and the true story of a rowboat race across the Atlantic.
    Shreya Chattopadhyay, New York Times, 5 July 2024
Definition of rowboat
Noun
  • 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
  • Word of the Day: dhow Junior Doctors at N.H.S. Begin 6-Day Strike Today’s Wordle Answer for January 3, 2023 Spelling Bee Answers for January 3, 2024 NYT Connections Answers for January 3, 2024 ¿Cuál será el apellido del bebé?
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
Definition of dhow
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