See also:

• PIROGUE, or PIRAGUA (the French and Spanish forms respectively of a Caribbean word for this type of vessel; it has at various times taken many corrupt forms, e.g. periagua, pettiaugua, pettyoagar)

PIROGUE, or PIRAGUA (the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish forms respectively of a Caribbean word for this type of See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel; it has at various times taken many corrupt forms, e.g. periagua, pettiaugua, pettyoagar)  , originally the native name of a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel made by hollowing out the See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, a " dug-out "; hence applied to many different developments of this type of vessel used in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and along the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . An See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early improvement was to split the " dug-out " into two sections and insert a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat bottom of planking to widen it; another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form had a leeboard, was decked in at either end, and had two masts .