n. A canoe made from the trunk of a single tree hollowed out; a dugout: used by the American Indians.n. A vessel made by sawing a large canoe in two in the middle, and inserting a plank to widen it.n. A large flat-bottomed boat, without keel but-with lee-board, decked in at each end but open in the middle, propelled by oars, or by sails on two masts which could be struck.