rowing boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowing boat
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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A man in his 60s is missing after five people were rescued when a rowing boat capsized on the river at Walton-on-Thames.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
But when the tide returns, the only transport is a small ferry that Murphy described as “a rowing boat with a little engine on the back.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2022
“I trapped her for an hour on a little rowing boat, so she had to listen to all my nonsense,” Tom says.
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2019
“We’ve poisoned it all,” mourns Davide Casati, an aged boatman who treats Brunetti to languorous tours of the floating islands on the graceful, gondola-like rowing boat he built with his own hands.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017
As we get close, I see it’s a small rowing boat.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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