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.

Sinónimos

wicker-boat

boat

⛵

cockboat

float

raft

curragh

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈkɒɹəkəl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a galés: corwg

Relativo a irlandés: curach

Relativo a córnico: gorhel

In summary

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