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row·boat

 (rō′bōt′)
n.
A small boat propelled by oars.
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rowboat

(ˈrəʊˌbəʊt)
n
(Rowing) the usual US and Canadian word for rowing boat
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

row•boat

(ˈroʊˌboʊt)

n.
a small boat designed for rowing.
[1530–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rowboat - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelledrowboat - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
oarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, peg, pin - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
rowing boat - a rowboat
small boat - a boat that is small
cross thwart, thwart - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
wherry - light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
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Translations
veslařský člun
robåd
soutuvene
veslački čamac
漕ぎ舟
젓는 배
roddbåt
เรือขนาดเล็กที่ใช้ไม้พาย
thuyền có mái chèo

rowboat

[ˈrəʊbəʊt] n (US)canot m, canot m à rames
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rowboat

n (US) → Ruderboot nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rowboat

قَارِبٌ تـَجْدِيف veslařský člun robåd Ruderboot βάρκα με κουπί barca de remos, bote de remos soutuvene barque veslački čamac barca a remi 漕ぎ舟 젓는 배 roeiboot robåt łódź wiosłowa barco a remo, barco a remos гребная шлюпка roddbåt เรือขนาดเล็กที่ใช้ไม้พาย kürek teknesi thuyền có mái chèo 划艇
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
References in classic literature ?
Little pleasure steamers, black with people, are coming and going all the time; and everywhere one sees young girls and young men paddling about in fanciful rowboats, or skimming along by the help of sails when there is any wind.
A quarter of an hour afterward the rowboat of this craft took them all aboard.
Saturday, May 25, at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton.) Rowboats and single kayaks are $12 an hour; canoes and tandem kayaks are $15 an hour; and rowboats with electric trolling motors (at Blackwell only) are $20 an hour.
So they continued fixing up old rowboats for resale, or making new ones to sell.
His vibrant single final frames twist storybook notions into spectral scenes -- in which rowboats are moored in fallow fields, their occupants waiting for the tides to turn, or in which girls in gowns twist up in lights, read to fawns, or offer themselves up to the sky.
Before I finish can I ask if it's possible for the council to maybe lower some of these high kerbs so that people on wheelchairs and mobility rowboats are not restricted to just Station Road and the area in front of the Bay View Centre?
Dozens of boats including motor, paddle and rowboats can be seen in Rawal Lake without provision of life jackets to the visitors and safety measures posing serious threats to the lives.
The business also includes a marina and day lodge that offer food and beverage and retail services, a chalet complex that is available for catered special events, and a boat house that offers rental canoes, kayaks and rowboats.
Distinguished by broad, squared sterns and generally wider beam, rowboats provide better stability than canoes and kayaks.
In canoes, rowboats and rubber rings cows, sheep, geese and dogs float merrily down the stream; horses spread tablecloths for delicious picnics with hens and cats; funfair rides are enjoyed by ducks, bees and birds; water ski-ing is attempted by pigs, sheep and cockerels; flying trips are undertaken by all and sundry and, amid fairy lights in the meadow, a champagne ball gets under way as a grand finale.
The soldiers fled across the Orontes River, which forms a natural frontier along the Turkish-Syrian border, some in rowboats and others swimming.