DCHP-1 Online
avatak [< Esk.] North 
n. a sealskin bag used as a buoy or float.
See also: dan (def. 1)
- 1966 . . . it's all noise and confusion on the boat while the Eskimos work off steam by shouting and aimlessly rushing around : looking at harpoons, at avataks (sealskin bladders), fitting lines, then dropping that and picking up the rifles.
- 1966 . . . it's all noise and confusion on the boat while the Eskimos work off steam by shouting and aimlessly rushing around : looking at harpoons, at avataks (sealskin bladders), fitting lines, then dropping that and picking up the rifles.