currach
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Irish curach, corrach, from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
currach (plural currachs)
- (nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 53:
- Some days he went out in the currach with her father and her brothers, out past Blue Island and Inishlackan, where the mackerel and sea salmon were fat as piglets.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 53:
Irish [edit]
Noun [edit]
currach f
- Alternative spelling of curach.
