Currach Definition

kupək, kurə
noun
A coracle.
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Webster's New World

(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.

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Other Word Forms of Currach

Noun

Singular:
currach
Plural:
currachs

Origin of Currach

  • Middle English currok from Middle Irish curach from Old Irish akin to Welsh corwgl coracle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Irish curach, corrach, from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).

    From Wiktionary

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