(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.
Outrigger
Definition:
(n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
(n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
(n.) A boat thus equipped.
(n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.
Example Sentences:
(1) The outrigger system with a torque wrench is used to correct the deformity in the frontal plane.
(2) Accordingly, a wide range of adaptive equipment is available--including outrigger skis, flip-skis, canting wedges, ski bras, "toe spreaders," sit-skis, and mono-skis--to allow safe enjoyment of the sport.
(3) Comparisons are made between the outrigger design for fluorescent scanning and conventional emission scanning.
(4) An outrigger is built upon the thumb metacarpal to give a suitable direction of force, an enhanced mechanical advantage and an improved appearance.
(5) Distractive forces were monitored continuously by a strain gauge mounted on the tension side of the upper arm of the outrigger.
(6) Postoperatively, two patients were immobilized in an ambulatory extension brace, 15 patients in a body cast incorporating one thigh, and five patients in a body cast incorporating Hoffman iliac pins and lumbar spinous process wires attached to an outrigger on the plaster.
(7) To prevent this, we used a dynamic splinting program opposite to the one that is used for flexor tendon repair, with an outrigger splint holding the fingers in extension and allowing full active flexion.
(8) Then the leader of an outrigger canoe with “Tai Tokelau” painted on the side, shouted for others to “bring the kayaks” and dozens went in on their plastic watercraft.
(9) The pressfit achieved with the roughened hemispherical surface has been adequate, and the fixation with the two outrigger pegs appears to have been sufficiently stable to preserve the prosthetic stability and has resulted in successful anchorage of all the components.
(10) With its low-slung outriggers and its very flat profile, the 'blade of light' looked like no other bridge.
(11) The author's outrigger is not an obstacle in entering an X-ray apparatus under the hip joints.
(12) The fixator comprises an adjustable single outrigger bearing offset pins which offers considerable versatility in its use.
(13) Consequently an automated system was developed consisting of linear actuators, outriggers, guide tubes, thermometry catheters, personal computer, and dedicated hardware and software.
(14) The difficulties in monitoring of the hip joint with the Luminax X21 apparatus encountered by the author at surgery on the original SM 1 operating-table made him to exchange the outrigger supporting the sacrum.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest George Lokowah, a chief and local councillor at Mokoreng village, says cargo ships are disturbing the fish There’s talk about villagers blockading the ships with their outriggers.