sampan

views updated May 23 2018

sam·pan / ˈsamˌpan/ • n. a small boat of a kind used in the Far East, typically with an oar or oars at the stern.ORIGIN: early 17th cent.: from Chinese san-ban, from san ‘three’ + ban ‘board.’

sampan

sampan

views updated May 18 2018

sampan small Chinese boat. XVII. Chinese sanpan, f. san three, pan board.