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Record 1 2018-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Types of Ships and Boats
DEF

Small Indian craft made with cattle hides stretched over a wooden framework.

Key term(s)
  • currach
  • curragh
  • coracle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Types de bateaux
DEF

Embarcation fluviale ou lacustre légère, faite de branchages entrecroisés et recouverts de peaux ou de toiles imperméabilisées au bitume, et se manœuvrant à la pagaie. (Ce type de bateau très ancien et très répandu autrefois dans le monde avec des variantes [notamment, en Irlande, le curragh] a pratiquement disparu de nos jours.).

Key term(s)
  • currach
  • curragh

Spanish

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