单词 | lakatoi |
释义 | lakatoin. In New Guinea, a native dugout canoe, with two or more hulls. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out troughc893 cot1537 monoxylon1555 toni1582 piragua1599 pitpan1726 log-canoe1752 monoxyle1775 corial1796 dugout1819 montaria1853 lakatoi1885 mokoro1897 doonga1905 curiara1910 1885 W. W. Gill in Chalmers & Gill Work & Adventures New Guinea ii. i. 258 We were fortunate in seeing two lakatoi or Gulf-going crafts; the larger one consisted of fourteen immense canoes lashed firmly together and decked. 1885 W. W. Gill in Chalmers & Gill Work & Adventures New Guinea ii. i. 259 Each lakatoi starting for the Gulf is filled with earthenware pots. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 742/2 The Papuans build excellent canoes and other boats... The most remarkable of their vessels is the ‘lakatoi’, composed of several capacious dug-outs, each nearly 50 ft. long, which are strongly lashed together. 1926 Mariner's Mirror 12 216/2 Fig. 2 is a lakatoi of Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea. 1964 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 20/5 Some of them have purchased £400 outboard motors which they fit to lakatois—generally two hollowed out logs with a connecting wooden decking. 1964 Punch 26 Aug. 319/2 How will the lakatoi run before the wind of change? 1968 Mariner's Mirror 54 348 Today the sails used on lakatoi are rectangular, with the peak held by a sprit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1885 |
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