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MASULAH BOATS

\mˈasuːlə bˈə͡ʊts], \mˈasuːlə bˈə‍ʊts], \m_ˈa_s_uː_l_ə b_ˈəʊ_t_s]\

Definitions of MASULAH BOATS

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Madras boats, from thirty to thirty-five feet long, by ten to eleven feet wide, propelled by twelve oars, double banked, and steered by a man in the stern with a long oar; built of planks sewed together with coir-yarn.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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