What is another word for pirogues?

Pronunciation: [pˈɪɹə͡ʊɡz] (IPA)

Pirogues are traditional flat-bottomed boats commonly found on inland waterways. Synonyms for pirogues include canoes, kayaks, skiffs, dugouts, and rafts. Canoes and kayaks are generally more slender and streamlined, whereas pirogues are wider and have a flatter bottom, making them more stable for fishing or hunting. Dugouts are similar to pirogues in shape, but are made from hollowed out tree trunks rather than constructed from planks. Skiffs and rafts are also boat styles that have flat bottoms, with rafts being the most basic and simple type of watercraft. Each of these watercraft have their own unique characteristics and uses, but they share similarities with the beloved pirogue.

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What are the hypernyms for Pirogues?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Pirogues

But on the eve of the day on which they were to start at daybreak the young King of the Wahimas appeared before Stas and, bowing profoundly, said: "Kali goes with the master and the 'bibi' as far as the water on which great pirogues of the white people float."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
From this shelter they beheld the attack on the Jane by sixty pirogues, the defence made by the six men on board; the invasion of the ship by the savages, and finally the explosion which caused the death of a vast number of natives as well as the complete destruction of the ship.
"An Antarctic Mystery"
Jules Verne
We knew, from the narrative of Arthur Pym, that these boats are of two kinds, one resembling rafts or flat boats, the other strongly-built pirogues.
"An Antarctic Mystery"
Jules Verne

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