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

The non-arrival of our trackers was serious, as we had two scows and a York boat, with a party all told of some fifty souls, and only thirteen available trackers to start with.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

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

Drawn up on a narrow sandspit, like some antediluvian monster, lay a black York boat, which was dragged by concerted effort to the water's edge.

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

The afternoon hours dragged slowly along, but at last the evening mess was over, and they quickly gathered their dunnage, starting for the New York boat with light and happy hearts.

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Patchin, Frank Gee