prahu

The prahu was a flattish-bottomed boat about twenty-two and a half feet long by six and a half feet broad, with a bamboo gridiron flooring resting on the gunwale for the greater part of its length.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

As we drew nearer, we made her out to be a Malay "prahu;" but, by the look of her, she was deserted.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

No prahu I've ever seen would have the capacity, hold or even deck. '

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

The collision jarred the second prahu, its foremast whipped and snapped as if it had been shot off and slid across the deck, sweeping men screaming into the stained sea.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

The yellowish craft swung sharply into the wind, sails flapping loose, and the decoy prahu, next nearest, swerved narrowly out from astern and overhauled it.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

Jacquie and I stood close together, silent mostly, tangled in a web of inner feelings and wider worries, watching the disabled prahu as it grew more distinct.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

The prahu wallowed an instant, heeling in genuine distress this time.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

The leading prahu evidently saw it a lot better than we did; the cries turned to alarm, and the high masts heeled as the wheel went hard over in a desperate attempt to turn aside.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

There must have been a hundred Boegies or more aboard that prahu, enough to make that very convincing list just by gathering under the gunwales.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

We were pulling away now, and the third prahu was nosing cautiously up to the scene, with the fourth one on its traces.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992