(n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
(n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
(n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
(v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Example Sentences:
(1) This involved 29 miles cycling, 12 miles running and finally 18.5 miles canoeing.
(2) The broadcast featured panoramic shots of the hundreds of boats, tugs, cruisers and canoes sailing past the Houses of Parliament during the pageant staged as part of the national celebrations in June.
(3) There was a bit more canoeing to see on the lake after that triumph.
(4) Several privately owned canoe and kayak rental agencies offerguided and independent trips down the Mullica, Batsto, Oswego and Wading rivers.
(5) 2.11am BST Pablo Cesar Cano vs Ashley Theophane The first fight of the night will be Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano against Britain's Ashley Theophane.
(6) Right now those two teams are the Royals and the Oakland Athletics , with Robinson Cano’s Seattle Mariners still alive, albeit on life-support.
(7) Down at the beach, there’s always a canoe arriving on shore with fresh fish; or you can hide yourself way in the pousada’s meditation lounge, content with a soundtrack of tropical birds.
(8) The AP’s first published results were based on samples taken along the shores of the lagoon where rowing and canoeing events will be held.
(9) It is the perfect environment for canoeing, with the warm weather and warm water.
(10) The Netherlands’ Pesse canoe dates from around 10,000 years ago.
(11) Canoeing and kayaking are upper-body sports that make varying demands on the body, depending on the type of contest and the distance covered.
(12) It was a strange purchase considering that Cano is not the kind of player that puts a wild amount of fannies in the seats - he’s just not a marquee draw, for whatever reason, despite his tremendous talents.
(13) On this, my fourth visit, Makoko is as I’ve always known it: the tiny “jetty” from which visitors and residents board dugout canoes into the labyrinths of the floating settlement; the grey-black sludge that passes for lagoon water; the tangle of boats impatiently slithering through the labyrinth of waterways, making the traffic of Makoko reminiscent of the notorious Lagos roads.
(14) Nearly 1,400 of them will be sailing in the waters near Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay, swimming off Copacabana beach, and canoeing and rowing on the brackish waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake.
(15) Twelve common Polynesian plants, 8 of which were probably brought in the canoe voyages perhaps 1500 years ago from southern and central Polynesia, constitute the most commonly used plants by Hawaiians for medicinal purposes.
(16) "This has transformed public policy by putting protection of life as an ultimate aim, taking police away from a victory mindset," says Cano.
(17) Each night brought the excitement of finding the perfect camping spot in a grassy dell or spotless beach and the opportunity to explore using the Canadian canoe that we towed behind the raft.
(18) On Saturday night he is on the undercard of a Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view extravaganza in boxing's capital city and, if he beats the very good young Mexican Pablo César Cano, his mentor has promised him he will do everything he can to get him a world title shot at welterweight, a hot division.
(19) And we used to take them canoeing and have camping holidays.
(20) 2.21am BST Pablo Cesar Cano vs Ashley Theophane: Rounds one and two The Mexican started strongly but Theophane came back in the second half of that opening round.
Canoeist
Definition:
(n.) A canoeman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
(2) Depending on the water level, which varies with rainfall and snowmelt, the Green is popular with rafters and kayakers when high and with canoeists and tubers when low.
(3) The ventilatory threshold (VT) was determined on a treadmill in highly trained male marathon, male and female long-distance, young male long-distance, adult male and female and young female middle-distance runners, modern pentathlonists, adult canoeists of both sexes, young male canoeists and football players, and on a bicycle ergometer in table tennis players, water slalom paddlers, young female canoeists rowers, and ice hockey players.
(4) The other is a former international canoeist, Josefa Idem.
(5) These data indicated that canoeists, who were successful in 500 m races, had a higher percentage of fast twitch (FT) muscle fibers (range 50-59%) than medalists, who competed in 10,000 m races (26-52% FT).
(6) A study of anthropometric and functional characteristics was conducted in a sample of 29 athletes, flatwater racers 18 kayakers and 11 canoeists.
(7) Between 5 and 7 days after exposure canoeists using site A had significantly higher incidences of gastrointestinal and upper respiratory symptoms than canoeists using site B or non-exposed controls (spectators).
(8) This would appear to be the first report of such an occurrence in a canoeist.
(9) Consideration is being given by the BCU to the value of preparing a canoeist instructors' training pack.
(10) During the hunt for April Jones, canoeists searched riverbanks close to where Mark Bridger was arrested.
(11) However some differences between canoeists and kayakers were indicated for ammonia and urea plasma concentration after the race, lactate elimination and increase in CK and transaminase activities.
(12) We determined noninvasively in a laboratory on the treadmill the anaerobic threshold (AT) (ventilatory threshold) and mechanical efficiency (ME) of running in 7 adult male long-distance runners (mean age = 24.1 yrs) and 17 adolescents (17.0 yrs), in 8 adult female middle-distance runners (23.2 yrs), in 12 young (16.1 yrs) and in 28 adult male canoeists (22.8 yrs), and in 10 juniors (17.4 yrs).
(13) The ME found in long-distance runners was 25.4% for young athletes and 32.4% for adults, in middle-distance runners 28.4% and 30.3%, respectively, and in canoeists 24.5% and 26.7%, respectively.
(14) Young female canoeists were also examined on the paddling ergometer and rowers on the rowing ergometer.
(15) Therefore, the wall was greater than or equal to 13 mm thick in 7 percent of 219 rowers, canoeists, and cyclists but in none of 728 participants in 22 other sports.
(16) The relationship between velocity (V) and heart rate (HR) was determined in four canoeists, 42 cross-country skiers, 73 cyclists, nine ice-skaters, 10 roller-skaters, 32 rowers, and 20 walkers.
(17) A 26-year-old male canoeist was referred with a 10-day history of abdominal pain, and a palpable mass in the left upper quadrant.
(18) This interest has prompted confusion and anxiety among recreational water user groups such as canoeists who had not previously seen themselves as being particularly at risk.
(19) Accordingly, it was concluded that health education for canoeists could be improved.
(20) Like seawater bathers, fresh-water canoeists can be made ill by sewage contamination.