rowboat

[ roh-boht ]

/ ˈroʊˌboʊt /

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noun

a small boat designed for rowing.

Words related to rowboat

skiff, lifeboat, dinghy, canoe, tender, galleon, trireme, bireme, galiot, galleass

Words nearby rowboat

row, row house, row over, row vector, rowan, rowboat, rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, rowe, rowel

Origin of rowboat

First recorded in 1530–40; row² + boat

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Examples from the Web for rowboat

A professional craftsman was recruited to build the rowboat.
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother|Justin Jones|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The surface of the water was dark, so that from the shore a rowboat could not be seen for a distance of more than fifty yards.
The Web of the Golden Spider|Frederick Orin Bartlett
The rowboat trollers fumed and stewed and took their troubles to Jack MacRae.
Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Anybody ought to know that if an accident happened to her rowboat, the boat would have drifted in to the land.
Madge Morton's Trust|Amy D. V. Chalmers

It was a little craft, hardly more than a rowboat with a small kicker gas engine in it.
The Motor Boys Afloat|Clarence Young
The motor boats at the dock, and so is the rowboat, so theyre on the island.
The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat|Grace Brooks Hill

British Dictionary definitions for rowboat

rowboat

/ (ˈrəʊˌbəʊt) /

noun

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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