rowableadj.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊəbl/, U.S.

/ˈroʊəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: row v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < row v.¹ + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin remigabilis remigable adj. Compare earlier sailable adj. 2 and navigable adj.

1. Of a stretch of water: capable of being rowed upon.

ΚΠ

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ai ^v/1 Rowable, remigabilis.

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 94 in Wks. (1640) III That long barren Fen Once rowable [L. apta..remis], but now doth nourish men.

1827 R. S. Jameson Johnson & Walker's Dict. Eng. Lang. 627/1 Rowable, capable of being rowed upon.

1886 Cambr. Univ. Mag. Nov. 108 The only piece of rowable water on the Cam.

1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 July vi. 20/1 Most Americans..live within relatively easy driving distance of a rowable body of water.

2000 Rowing News 12 July 7/3 Indianapolis's Eagle Creek course has suffered from the recent drought..and..was not rowable this year.

2. Of a boat: capable of being rowed.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [adjective] > rowing > able to be rowed (upon)

remigable1685

rowable1848

1848 Puppet Show 22 July 148/1 Every rowable and floatable thing is there—from the mahogany gig of the first-class club..to the clumsy collier's yawl.

1904 M. Menpes & D. Menpes Venice 212 A perfect craft..must turn easily; and it must be rowable by one oarsman only.

1974 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 1 May a4/6 The coach at Harvard..said they might have a couple of older rowable shells.

2004 Rowing News Aug. 47/1 Nolte and Wolloner worked out all the bugs, fixing the seat and the slide, to make it rowable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rowable
释义	rowableadj. Brit. /ˈrəʊəbl/, U.S. /ˈroʊəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: row v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < row v.¹ + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin remigabilis remigable adj. Compare earlier sailable adj. 2 and navigable adj. 1. Of a stretch of water: capable of being rowed upon. ΚΠ 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ai ^v/1 Rowable, remigabilis. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 94 in Wks. (1640) III That long barren Fen Once rowable [L. apta..remis], but now doth nourish men. 1827 R. S. Jameson Johnson & Walker's Dict. Eng. Lang. 627/1 Rowable, capable of being rowed upon. 1886 Cambr. Univ. Mag. Nov. 108 The only piece of rowable water on the Cam. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 July vi. 20/1 Most Americans..live within relatively easy driving distance of a rowable body of water. 2000 Rowing News 12 July 7/3 Indianapolis's Eagle Creek course has suffered from the recent drought..and..was not rowable this year. 2. Of a boat: capable of being rowed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [adjective] > rowing > able to be rowed (upon) remigable1685 rowable1848 1848 Puppet Show 22 July 148/1 Every rowable and floatable thing is there—from the mahogany gig of the first-class club..to the clumsy collier's yawl. 1904 M. Menpes & D. Menpes Venice 212 A perfect craft..must turn easily; and it must be rowable by one oarsman only. 1974 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 1 May a4/6 The coach at Harvard..said they might have a couple of older rowable shells. 2004 Rowing News Aug. 47/1 Nolte and Wolloner worked out all the bugs, fixing the seat and the slide, to make it rowable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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