| 单词 | woodskin canoe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoodskin canoe A light canoe with a hull made of bark, esp. as traditionally made and used in Guyana and neighbouring regions. Also more fully woodskin canoe. 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 > bark bark canoe1725 north canoe1799 northern canoea1821 woodskin1825 birch1864 birch bark1868 cascara1882 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 43 There is neither curial nor canoe, nor purple-heart tree in the neighbourhood to make a wood skin to carry you over. 1904 W. H. Hudson Green Mansions xxi. 289 Some compassionate voyager would let me share his wood-skin. 1966 P. Sherlock West Indian Folk-tales 37 Each morning the men of the tribe went out in their woodskin canoes. 2011 R. Bhattacharya Sly Company of People who Care v. 189 The untoothed aged to children pink of cheek jumping into woodskins natural as hopping on to a bicycle and skimming over glassy trails of water. < as lemmas |
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