coracle

Significado (Inglés)

A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.

Conceptos

coracle

Sinónimos

wicker-boat

boat

⛵

cockboat

float

raft

curragh

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒɹəkəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con galés: corwg

Cognado con irlandés: curach

Cognado con córnico: gorhel

In summary

Of Celtic origin; related to Welsh corwg, Irish curach (“boat”) and Cornish gorhel (“ship”), from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).