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See also:PROA (See also:Malay, prau)
, the See also:general See also:term in the See also:Malay See also:language for all vessels, from the See also:sampan or See also:canoe to the square-rigged kapal, but in western usage confined to the See also:swift-sailing See also:craft that the pirates of the See also:Indian Ocean made See also:familiar to sailors in eastern See also:waters
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The See also:chief points which characterize these vessels are that while the See also:weather-See also:side is rounded the See also: |
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