canoe
Noun · VerbUS[kuh-noo]/kəˈnu/2 syllables
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Noun (1)canoes
- small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddleType of small boatKinds dugout canoe, kayak, birchbark canoe, outrigger canoe
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca·noe′ noun; pl. Canoes (#).
Origin: Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.
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.— Henry W. 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′ (kȧ-no͞o′), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Canoed (kȧ-no͞od′) present participle & verbal noun Canoeing (kȧ-no͞o′ĭng).]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54