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dhow

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Definition of dhow

as in skiff

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Recent Examples of dhow The sparkling waters are perfect for swimming, kayaking, and snorkeling over coral reefs, and, at sunset, cruising on the resort's dhow, a traditional Arab sailboat. — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Arab and Swahili traders sailed these waters on dhows, stopping along the coast to exchange goods such as ivory, gold, and spices. — Ali Pantony, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026 All the while, Iran might be able to continue to block oil from moving through the strait by intimidating shipowners with drone and missile strikes or mines laid by small boats or even traditional dhows. — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 There’s also a jetty at the river’s edge where a dhow-like dahabeah could be moored for daily or overnight trips with special permission. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dhow

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Noun

Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2026

Definition of skiff

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Māori mythology locates Karikari as the location where the first canoes landed in New Zealand.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
But Hearn took his whitewater canoe straight into the raging rapids, where officers later swooped in and arrested him.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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Pioneer Yachts, the German shipyard founded by engineer and entrepreneur Mike Frank just two years ago, has launched the first unit of its new solar-electric catamaran, blazing a new trail in emissions-free yachting.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
For Chandler, his wife and their two dogs, living aboard their 50-foot catamaran anchored just south of Miami’s Dinner Key Marina is a way of life.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

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Two adults and two children were in distress and riding a rubber dinghy on the river, and needed assistance from local police, according to the outlet.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

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Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.

— Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024

Definition of pirogue

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It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.

— Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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Launching from Monterey, California, in a 21-foot rowboat, Pfender documented the mental and physical challenges of her trip on social media.

— Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.

— Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.

— Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024

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