An open boat made of animal hide stretched over a wooden frame, traditionally rowed by Inuit women.
（通常妇女用）爱斯基摩皮筏（或木筏）
Example sentencesExamples
For example, Therkel Mathiassen, who defined and named the Thule culture, identified dog sleds, umiaks, and kayaks as key Thule traits.
Here they would assemble with their great walrus - skin boats, or oomiaks, to make ready for their annual trading cruise to Siberia.
Called by some the Old Bering Sea Cultures, these early inhabitants traveled by kayak and umiak skin boats in the warmer months, and by sled in the winter.
This package included the umiak, a vessel capable of accommodating substantial numbers of dogs alongside people when travel was by open sea.
Some boats were large (the largest shown has a crew of 32) and were probably made of leather over a wooden frame, similar to the Inuit umiak or the Irish curragh.
Origin
From Inuit umiaq.
Definition of umiak in US English:
umiak
nounˈo͞omēˌak
An open boat made of animal hide stretched over a wooden frame, traditionally rowed by Inuit women.
（通常妇女用）爱斯基摩皮筏（或木筏）
Example sentencesExamples
Here they would assemble with their great walrus - skin boats, or oomiaks, to make ready for their annual trading cruise to Siberia.
For example, Therkel Mathiassen, who defined and named the Thule culture, identified dog sleds, umiaks, and kayaks as key Thule traits.
This package included the umiak, a vessel capable of accommodating substantial numbers of dogs alongside people when travel was by open sea.
Called by some the Old Bering Sea Cultures, these early inhabitants traveled by kayak and umiak skin boats in the warmer months, and by sled in the winter.
Some boats were large (the largest shown has a crew of 32) and were probably made of leather over a wooden frame, similar to the Inuit umiak or the Irish curragh.