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rowing boat

[ roh-ing ]

noun

, British.


rowing boat

/ ˈrəʊɪŋ /

noun

  1. a small boat propelled by one or more pairs of oars Usual US and Canadian wordrowboat
“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

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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The nation's foot ferries come in all shapes and sizes, from small rowing boats to large motor-powered vessels carrying dozens of passengers at a time.

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A team of volunteers have dedicated 11 months to painstaking build a rowing boat as part of a new community scheme to get people on to the water.

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He said he’d seen people swimming in the lake and rowing boats.

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