rowboat
[roh-boht]
Origin of rowboat
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Related Words for rowboat
skiff, lifeboat, rowboat, dinghy, canoe, tender, galleon, trireme, bireme, galiot, galleassExamples from the Web for rowboat
Contemporary Examples of rowboat
A professional craftsman was recruited to build the rowboat.
Historical Examples of rowboat
Caradoc made no answer, but stared after the rowboat which was just rounding into the tug.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
Farther down is a rowboat, in which they start out on the lake.
Oswald LangdonCarson Jay Lee
Next fellow that owned her ran down a rowboat and drowned a boy.
Frank Merriwell's CruiseBurt L. Standish
"I'll get at it to-morrow," and with that he swung out into the lake, towing his rowboat after him.
Tom Swift and his Motor-boatVictor Appleton
Just fasten your boat to the other rowboat and I'll tow you.
Tom Swift and his Motor-boatVictor Appleton
rowboat
- US and Canadian a small boat propelled by one or more pairs of oarsAlso called (in Britain and other countries): rowing boat
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