proa
/'prәuә/
📖 中文释义
- n. 马来帆船
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago,
- having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary
- boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept
- from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending
- several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is
- the swiftest sailing craft known.