Definition of "jangada" []

• A raft-boat or catamaran used in Peru and the northern parts of Brazil. (noun)
• The tibourbou, Apeiba Tibourbou: so called on account of the use of its very light wood for catamarans. See jangada, 1, and tibourbou. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At length, after having passed the village of Omaguas and the mouth of the Ambiacu, the jangada arrived at Pevas on the evening of the 11th of June, and was moored to the bank."
• "It was from the sides, by means of long boathooks or props thrust against the bed of the stream, that the jangada was kept in the current, and had its direction altered when going astray."
• "But there are only a small number of these fugitives, they only move in isolated groups across the savannahs or the woods, and the jangada was, in a measure, secured from any attack on the parts of the backwoodsmen."