Boating
['bəʊtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boat
(n.) The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
(n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
Typed by Catherine
Examples
- This kind of boating is calculated to drive an impatient man mad in a week. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Scarlet and gray boating suit, good enough for me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting, said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Before we entered on our boating vacation, you were as bent upon it as I have seen you upon anything since we first rowed together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As Lightwood laughed and passed the wine, he remarked, 'We shall have an opportunity, in our boating summer, of trying the question. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Passengers can remain on board of the steamer, at all ports, if they desire, without additional expense, and all boating at the expense of the ship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I am fond of boating. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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