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plural proas
A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. quotations examples
I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII
Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.
2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 231