A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon is Greek – mono- + ξύλον xylon – and is mostly used in c
Dugouts on the shore of Lake Malawi
Building a seagoing dugout. The sides have likely been heated and bent outward.
Remains of an 8000-year-old dugout excavated in China
Fisherman in Kondakarla Ava
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
Dugout canoe
…A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon (μονόξυλον) (pl: monoxyla) is Greek – mono…
A recreational motorboat with an outboard motor
Silver model of a boat, tomb PG 789, Royal Cemetery of Ur, 2600–2500 BCE
Boats with sails in Bangladesh
Traditional Toba Batak boat (c. 1870), photograph by Kristen Feilberg