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row-boat|ˈrəʊbəʊt|
[f. row v.1 Cf. Du. roeiboot (Fris. -boat).]
A boat propelled by oars; a rowing-boat.
1538Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 421 Item, to Johne Bertane for grathing of the Kingis row boit in tymmer werkmanschip. 1648Hexham ii, Een Roey-schip, ofte schuyte, a Rowe-boate. 1697Lond. Gaz. No. 3315/1, I lay there 3 days after, but could see nothing, except a Row-boat. 1728Morgan Algiers II. i. 218 Well-known and often frequented creeks serve now to conceal their Brigantines and Row Boats. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xvi. 70 These robbers..go..in row-boats which carry from twenty to thirty hands. 1801G. Hanger Life II. 394, I pressed a strong row-boat, with two men. 1867Carlyle E. Irving 107 Our vessel was a rowboat belonging to some neighbours. 1893‘Q.’ Delect. Duchy 13 A fishing-boat with a small row-boat in tow. |