单词 | balsa raft |
释义 | > as lemmasbalsa raft 1. A raft, or fishing-float, used chiefly on the Pacific coasts of South America. Also, balsa raft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > raft > types of raft > in South America jangada1589 balsa1777 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. vii. 320 Where the rivers became deep..they are passed in Balzas, or floats. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. iii. 352 To transport the commander's baggage and the military stores on some of the Indian balsas. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship i. 15 The Commander..was standing on the balsa raft. < as lemmas |
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