SG Heritage Dictionary

Piragua [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. pirau'gua. This word is variously written, periagua or pirogue. The former is the spelling of Washington and Jefferson; the latter of Charlevoix.]

2. A canoe formed out of the truck of a tree, or two canoes united.

3. In modern usage in America, a narrow ferry boat carrying two masts and a leeboard.

Piragua [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913