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currach en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌɹəx/ (UK)
• /ˈkʌɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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.
   • 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, published 2003, page 53:

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