rowing boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowing boat
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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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
He cooked up adventures for us - mackerel fishing in a tiny rowing boat.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2021
I hopped on to a pink rowing boat in the village of Tam Cốc in Vietnam, for a peaceful boat ride just after sunrise.
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 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
In the heavy twilight he couldn’t see the rowing boat at all.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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