baidar

[< Russian baidara < Esk.-Aleut.]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large skin boat resembling an oomiak, used by the natives of the Alaska coast and adjacent regions.

1838

I . . . succeeded in hauling them ashore, and soon obtained one of their large baidars, in which myself and followers embarked.

1963

They were visited by many Eskimos in their baidars. . . .