canotier

American  

[kan-uh-tyey] / ˌkæn əˈtyeɪ /

noun

1. a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.

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Etymology

Origin of canotier

< French: boatman, equivalent to canot open boat (earlier canoe < Spanish canoa canoe, conformed to the French suffix -ot ) + -ier -ier ²

Example Sentences

Ivor Braka, a London dealer, bought Severini’s pastel from 1912-13, “Etude pour Autoportrait au Canotier,” for $4.7 million, more than three times its $1.5 million estimate.

From New York Times

They respected him because he was the best canotier on the river; a better even than his malformed brother Bateese, now with the army.

From Project Gutenberg

Hard at work, stand hundreds of strong and bare armed women, who scrub and wring their linen, while they sing and reply to the banter of passing bargee or canotier.

From Project Gutenberg

Qui dit canot dit canotier—a glance will assure you that she did not beach herself in that position, above high-water mark, still less furl her own sail and stow it.

From Project Gutenberg

I know an Indian canotier who will ferry me across to Beauport, and say nothing.

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