4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl {Canoes}. [Sp. canoa, fr Caribbean
can['a]oa.]
1. 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.
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
canoe. --Raleigh.
2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
water. --Longfellow.
3. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canoe \Ca*noe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canoed}p. pr & vb n.
{Canoeing}.]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
canoe
n : small and light boat; pointed at both ends propelled with a
paddle
v : travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Canoe, KY
Zip code(s): 41339
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