Canoe vs. Pirogue
Difference Between Canoe and Pirogue
Canoenoun
A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
Piroguenoun
A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
Canoenoun
(slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
Piroguenoun
A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made out of a four-foot by eight-foot piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-foot eight-inch-wide eight-foot-long pointed-end lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.
Canoeverb
To ride or paddle a canoe.
Piroguenoun
A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.
Canoenoun
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
Piroguenoun
a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
Canoeverb
travel by canoe;
canoe along the canal
