rowing boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowing boat
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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A team of volunteers have dedicated 11 months to painstaking build a rowing boat as part of a new community scheme to get people on to the water.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
But when the tide returns, the only transport is a small ferry that Murphy described as “a rowing boat with a little engine on the back.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
She had noticed the couple getting into the rowing boat next to us wearing rubber gloves.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2020
The Olympic torch came down the Thames in a rowing boat.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2020
As we get close, I see it’s a small rowing boat.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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