rowboat

[ roh-boht ]

/ ˈroʊˌboʊt /

a small boat designed for rowing.

Origin of rowboat

First recorded in 1530–40; row² + boat

row, row house, row over, row vector, rowan, rowboat, rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, rowe, rowel

A professional craftsman was recruited to build the rowboat.

Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother |Justin Jones |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The surface of the water was dark, so that from the shore a rowboat could not be seen for a distance of more than fifty yards.

The Web of the Golden Spider |Frederick Orin Bartlett
The rowboat trollers fumed and stewed and took their troubles to Jack MacRae.

Poor Man's Rock |Bertrand W. Sinclair
Anybody ought to know that if an accident happened to her rowboat, the boat would have drifted in to the land.

Madge Morton's Trust |Amy D. V. Chalmers

It was a little craft, hardly more than a rowboat with a small kicker gas engine in it.

The Motor Boys Afloat |Clarence Young
The motor boats at the dock, and so is the rowboat, so theyre on the island.

The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat |Grace Brooks Hill

rowboat

/ (ˈrəʊˌbəʊt) /

US and Canadian a small boat propelled by one or more pairs of oars Also called (in Britain and other countries): rowing boat