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Canoe

Canoe Meaning & Definition
Canoe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canoe?

[n] small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
[v] travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canoe:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Canoe: almadia | ark | auxiliary | barge | boat | buss | cargo boat | carry sail | cat | catamaran | circumnavigate | coast | cockle | cockleshell | cog | coracle | cross | cruise | cruiser | cutter | dinghy | dispatch boat | drifter | dugout | ferry | ferryboat | fishing boat | funny | galley | gig | glider | go by ship | go on shipboard | go to sea | gondola | houseboat | hoy | hydrofoil | hydroplane | jolly | jolly boat | kayak | launch | lifeboat | lighter | longboat | mailer | make a passage | motorboat | navigate | outboard | outrigger canoe | pilot | pilot boat | pinnace | piragua | pirogue | ply | pontoon | post boat | pram | punt | racer | racing shell | randan | row | rowboat | rowing boat | run | runabout | sail | sail round | sail the sea | sampan | scooter | scow | scull | seafare | shallop | shell | showboat | skiff | small boat | sneakbox | steam | steamboat | surfboat | take a voyage | towboat | traverse | trawlboat | trawler | trimaran | trow | tug | tugboat | voyage | wanigan | whaleboat | whale-gig | wherry | yacht | yawl | yawl boat

See Also | birchbark | birchbark canoe | boat | dugout | dugout canoe | kayak | outrigger canoe | paddle | pirogue | small boat

Canoe In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. {Canoes}. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean can['a]oa.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. --Raleigh. 2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. --Longfellow. 3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
\Ca*noe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canoed}p. pr. & vb. n. {Canoeing}.] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

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