monoxyle

"Kawárib" plur. of "Kárib" prop. a dinghy, a small boat belonging to a ship Here it refers to the canoe (a Carib word) pop. "dug-out" and classically "monoxyle," a boat made of a single tree-trunk hollowed by fire and trimmed with axe and adze.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

The "monoxyle" was full of green-brown rain water, the oar-pins were represented by bits of stick, and all the furniture was wanting.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

The “monoxyle” was full of green-brown rain water, the oar-pins were represented by bits of stick, and all the furniture was wanting.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

B.C., mentions the “monoxyle,” or one-tree boat; one has been found in the Tunhovd Fyord in Norway.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter

“monoxyle,” a boat made of a single tree-trunk hollowed by fire and trimmed with axe and adze.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006