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| canoe |
a small narrow boat with curved sides and pointed ends. You move a canoe through water using a long stick with one wide flat end. |
| canoeable |
combined form of canoe. |
| carry |
the land between two bodies of water that necessitates carrying a boat or canoe. [1/16 definitions] |
| dugout |
a boat or canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk. [1/3 definitions] |
| mishoon |
in Wampanoag language and culture, a boat, esp. a canoe made by digging out a log. |
| paddle |
to use a paddle to move a canoe. [1/4 definitions] |
| piragua |
a canoe made of a hollowed-out tree trunk; dugout. [1/2 definitions] |
| pirogue |
a dugout canoe or other dugout boat. |
| proa |
a swift, canoe-shaped Malay sailboat with one triangular sail and one outrigger. |
| put in |
of travelers by canoe or kayak, to start one's journey at a particular place. [1/7 definitions] |
| sponson |
a structure projecting from the side of a ship or boat, esp. a gun platform, or an air chamber on the gunwale of a canoe that prevents capsizing. [1/2 definitions] |
| thwart |
a crosswise brace, as in a canoe. [1/5 definitions] |
| umiak |
a large open Eskimo boat made of a wooden frame covered with animal hides, and paddled like a canoe. |
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