pedal boat
noun
a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
paddle boat
-
a variation of
pedal boat.
Example Sentences
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The 36-year-old public school teacher takes a paddle boat through the inundated streets nearly every day.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Antonio de la Rosa has completed what he believes is a record – in just over 76 days, he paddled across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii on a special stand-up paddle boat.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 28, 2024
She said she told Serge to swim toward a nearby paddle boat, but “she said, ‘I can’t.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
A former landlord accused him of owing more than a year in back rent and, when he was evicted, of stealing window coverings, a riding lawn mower and a paddle boat.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023
Everything was aboard; the three boats were ready to leave; the two in front, one an old cross-Channel paddle boat, the other one of the later turbine class—but still no sign of leaving.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Geoffrey H. Malins
