Pulwar

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.

    "When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]"

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"When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]"

Etymology

From Hindi पलवार (palvār).

Related phrases

cargo boat

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