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sampan

noun

Definition of sampan

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of sampan 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 Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members. — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan. — Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018 Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills. — The Economist, 19 May 2018 The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars. — Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017

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Noun

Crews are going campsite to campsite in canoes to ensure that visitors are evacuating, according to Deputy Forest Supervisor Drew Stroberg.

— Aki Nace, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Lounge on the private beach or play sand volleyball, and cruise the lake in complimentary kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards.

— Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

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

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

Noun

Heavy-duty lifeline The pontoon barge used in the operation measures approximately 60 meters in length and eight meters in width.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Authorities said their initial belief that the group was on a pontoon boat were not correct.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

For something slower-paced, float the Penticton channel that connects Okanagan and Skaha lakes on tube rafts.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
Star Valley Search & Rescue, a voluntary team that works at the direction of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, had been searching daily with drones, rafts, jet skis and a jet boat.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of raft

Noun

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

Noun

The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Immerse yourself in Hawaiian traditions and culture through the Hale Kukuna Cultural Center or explore the ocean in a Hawaiian outrigger canoe.

— Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026

Definition of outrigger

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

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