Definitions for: Canoe

[n] small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
[v] travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Ca*noe", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoedp. pr. & vb. n.
Canoeing.]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

See Also: birchbark, birchbark canoe, boat, dugout, dugout canoe, kayak, outrigger canoe, paddle, pirogue, small boat

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