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) is Greek – mono- (single) + ξύλον xylon (tree) – and is mostly used in classic Greek texts. In German, they are called Einbaum. Some, but not all, pirogues are also constructed in this manner.
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, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats.
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