York boat

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. a large rowboat or heavy canoe used for transporting supplies, especially by fur trappers in the Canadian Northwest.

Word History and Origins

Origin of York boat¹

First recorded in 1860–65; after York, Manitoba, Canada, where it was originally built as a canoe by the Hudson's Bay Company

Example Sentences

A gaunt, flat-bottomed York boat came suddenly round the bend in mid-stream.

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The York boat was then shouldered off the rocks by main force, and all got under way again.

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"Stiffy and Mawoolie's York boat come to-day," said Musq'oosis conversationally.

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The preparations to secure the York boat against the threatening storm were highly characteristic of her hit-or-miss crew.

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But one does not wave his hand to a York boat which is not yet in sight.

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