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dory

noun

Definition of dory

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of dory Floating a dory through the Grand Canyon was my ultimate goal. — Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025 Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass? — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025 Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all. — James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025 Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis. — Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dory

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Noun

Boat ramps in the park can be used as access points for canoes and kayaks, but the wind can whip across Lake Hart west of the park and Lake Mary Jane to the east.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
The concierge can arrange morning canoe outings, paddleboarding, beach tennis, and weekend yoga classes; bicycles are also available for rent to ride along the waterfront.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Our little skiff, known around here as an alijo, is bobbing like a toy as our captain gently tugs on a few lines descending into the water.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Matt Steven stepped into the booth at the start of 2026, having already coached New Zealand’s 49er skiff crew to an Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of skiff

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As pheasants dart around the 13,000-acre Althorp estate, Charles Spencer carefully climbs into a small rowboat on the edge of Althorp’s historic Round Oval lake and paddles to the center island.

— Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
In Sacramento, the new governor, Leland Stanford, had to be taken to his inauguration by rowboat.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rowboat

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And to explore the surroundings, the schooner has a sailing dinghy and bicycles prepped and ready for its passengers.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
On Tuesday, hundreds of activists gathered at a marina in Gosport, near Portsmouth, as Thomas filmed himself going out to sea to try to intercept a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants across the Channel from France.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dinghy

Noun

There’s also a genius Ritz-Venture & SeaVenture program offering a range of kayak excursions and jungle treks to secret beaches.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
Paddle from the kayak launch inside the park with rentals and tours available or access the water from French Landing by bringing your own vessel.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of kayak

Noun

That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.

— Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.

— Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025

Definition of scow

Noun

Twenty-six miles to the south, Ronald Conley rescued his dogs from his elevated house with a pontoon boat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Highlights and experiences It is always a special event stepping out of Venice’s airport onto a pontoon and a polished mahogany water taxi that drops you off canalside near your hotel, after a purr through the Grand Canal.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pontoon

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