rowboat

[ roh-boht ]

/ ˈroʊˌboʊt /

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noun

a small boat designed for rowing.

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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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