Examples from the web for rowboat
- The painting contrasts the vast number of bison swimming across the river with the handful of explorers in a rowboat.
- Unlike big ships with powerful engines, his rowboat and arm power are no match for the winds.
- Clawson managed to get to a rowboat and get survivors into it.
- The family crossed the pond in a rowboat and a kayak to an island where they had picnics.
- Imagine you're sitting in a rowboat in some body of water.
- There, he would toss softballs around and fish from a rowboat on his pond.
- We took a rowboat to an area left bare by the tide, then trekked a few hundred yards to a gurgling stream.
- Most of us, upon finding ourselves in a leaky rowboat, would try to plug the leak.
- Many of you are afraid that your rowboat will take on some water if you pull them in.
- No matter what type of motorized boat you take to reach it, you will have to switch to a rowboat to enter the grotto.
British Dictionary definitions for rowboat
noun 1. (US & Canadian) a small boat propelled by one or more pairs of oars Also called (in Britain and other countries) rowing boat
Word Origin and History for rowboat
n. also row-boat, 1530s, from row (v.) + boat. Cf. Dutch roeiboot.
Encyclopedia Article for rowboat
boat propelled by oars alone, probably the most common type of boat found around waterfronts and at most fishing camps and docks on inland waters
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