Dugout (boat) - Definition

A dugout is a boat which is basically a hollowed tree trunk. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon (pl: monoxyla) is Greek -- mono (single) + xylon (tree) -- and is mostly used in classic Greek texts.

Dugouts are the oldest boats archaeologists have found. In Germany they are called Einbaum (English translation: One tree). Einbaum dug-out boat finds in Germany date back to the Stone Age. Along with Hide Canoes, these dugout boats were used by Native Americans. This is probably because they are made of massive pieces of wood, which tend to preserve better than, e.g., bark canoes.

External links

• Fundamental origins of ship types (http://cma.soton.ac.uk/HistShip/shlect11.htm)
• Ship replicas in the world (http://www.abc.se/~m10354/bld/int-repl.htm)

Example Usage of Dugout