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rowing boat

[roh-ing]

noun

British.
  1. rowboat.



rowing boat

/ ˈəʊɪŋ /

noun

  1. Usual US and Canadian word: rowboat.a small boat propelled by one or more pairs of oars

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rowing boat1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

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The brothers' 280kg boat was built to be one of the lightest and strongest ocean rowing boats ever made.

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Men rowing boats on the river, reading books or newspapers, playing the piano, working at a desk or merely sitting in a comfortable chair lost in thought.

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They made their way ashore in a small rowing boat with rifles to be supplied to the armed rebellion known as the Easter Rising.

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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.

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The count is carried out every July by brightly-dressed crews of "swan uppers" in rowing boats over five days.

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