Definitions
A narrow light boat moved with paddles.
Word origin
Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.
Used in a sentence
“The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.”
“He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]”
“Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Narrow paddle boat”5 letters
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