| 单词 | rob roy canoe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRob Roy canoe 2. More fully Rob Roy canoe. A light one-person decked canoe having a sail and propelled by alternate strokes of a double-bladed paddle. Now historical. [ < the name given by John Macgregor (1825–92) to such a canoe in which he made extensive voyages.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe pirogue1666 dory1709 Montreal canoe1793 waka1807 tandem canoe1867 Rob Roy1868 canot du maître1872 Peterborough1882 snake-boat1882 shadow canoe1883 tandem1884 buckeye1885 Canader1893 vinta1900 bellum1901 spoon canoe1907 sponson canoe1911 ratting canoe1944 tarada1960 canot du nord1961 1866 J. Macgregor (title) A thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe.] 1868 Harper's Mag. May 730/1 A Rob Roy can well be matched by a Di Vernon. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 812/1 The general type of this ‘Rob Roy’ canoe is built of oak with a cedar deck. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Sept. 14/1 For Sale, a Rob Roy Canoe,..with sail, mast and vane. 1938 J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest v. 97 At the ferry you board a punt or canoe or rob roy and paddle down the stream of the Cherwell. 1976 Country Life 8 Apr. 870 The Rob Roys were essentially all-purpose canoes. 2004 S. D. C. Hutchinson Compl. Bk. Sea Kayaking (ed. 5) i. 12/1 The Rob Roy canoe.., popularised by John McGregor, was often used for sea and estuary work and even surfing. < as lemmas |
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