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pram
(präm)
noun
a small, flat-bottomed boat usually with a square bow; now sometimes, specif., a sailboat made like this
Origin: Du praam < MLowG prom < Czech prám, ult. < IE base *per-, to go (see fare) > ferry
noun
Brit. baby carriage
Origin: altered < perambulator
See pram in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Chiefly British
A baby carriage.
Origin:
Origin: Shortening and alteration of perambulator
.noun
- Chiefly New England A small dinghy having a flat, snub-nosed bow.
- A flatbottom boat used chiefly in the Baltic Sea as a barge.
Origin:
Origin: Dutch praam, flatbottom boat
Origin: , from Middle Dutch praem
Origin: , from Czech prám; see per1 in Indo-European roots
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