York boat

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

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

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Etymology

Origin of York boat

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

Albany to New York boat race, No. 1 event of the year for outboards; at 41.7 m.p.h.; in a Jacoby Flyaway Special.

From Time Magazine Archive

In summer there were the canoe, York boat, sturgeon-head scow, and Red River cart brigades.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

"Listen," he said, and his eyes were telling her again what they told her on the day when he brought her in from the York boat.

From Thomas Jefferson Brown by Curwood, James Oliver

With the imperturbable Justin at his side, he 'lay for' that York boat.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

But the ox-carts were poled across by means of a big York boat; and the travellers were welcomed inside the fort.

From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)