Equipped with some chilled white wine and a few simple baguettes we rented an inexpensive pirogue outrigger canoe and set off into the lagoon.

Pirogue definition. The pirogue floated smoothly in the water. A long narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk especially in Central America and the Caribbean. Pirogue plural pirogues A canoe of shallow draft made by hollowing a log.

Pirogue - a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log dugout canoe dugout canoe - small and light boat. Propelled with a paddle. Pointed at both ends.

These boats are not usually intended for overnight travel but are light and small enough to be easily taken onto land. In West Africa they were used as traditional fishing boats. A pirogue is a small flat-bottomed boat of a design associated particularly with the Cajuns of the Louisiana marsh.

Noun A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk. From The Century Dictionary. Noun A canoe made from the trunk of a tree hollowed out.

Perogue noun see Pirogue. Dioufs office are decorated with photos of her in a pirogue and wearing an orange life jacket. Propelled with a paddle.

Pointed at both ends. Noun A small boat or wooden canoe made from a hollowed out tree trunk. Freebase 000 0 votes Rate this definition.