The coracle is a small, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South Western England, Ireland; the word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq and Tibet. The word "coracle" comes from the Welsh cwrwgl , cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic curach , and is recorded in English as early as the sixteenth century. Other historical English spellings include corougle , corracle , curricle and coricle .