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Definition of Balsa raft
1. Noun. A light raft made of balsa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsa Raft
Literary usage of Balsa raft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"Fortunately, the splendid type of life raft known as the balsa raft, as it was
made of balsa wood, had been furnished the ship, and these resulted in saving ..."
2. Blue Jackets of 1918: Being the Story of the Work of the American Navy in by Willis John Abbot (1921)
"Fortunately this splendid type of life raft known as the balsa raft, as it was
made of balsa wood, had been furnished the ship, and these resulted in saving ..."
3. The Boy Travellers in South America: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey by Thomas Wallace Knox (1885)
"The balsa raft was in use long before the visit of the Spaniards, and the craft
we have seen are probably identical with those that met the eyes of Pizarro ..."
4. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... seeking a passage to pass over and finding none : we were at length enforced
to cut timber to make a balsa [raft] which when we had made, we sat on it, ..."
5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1883)
"... passing at first a great river, upon a balsa (raft) made of cloths of spiders'
webs, for which reason it was not permitted to kill spiders. ..."
6. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"... the pilot Bartholomé Ruiz encountered off Cabo de la Galera (Esmeraldas) a
balsa raft loaded with a variety of merchandise, including sea shells used in ..."
7. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by Robin Arthur Donkin (1998)
"... the pilot Bartholome Ruiz encountered off Cabo de la Galera (Esmeraldas) a
balsa raft loaded with a variety of merchandise, including sea shells used in ..."
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