What does "canoe" mean?
Canoe: A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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