small boat

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small boat - a boat that is small

boat - a small vessel for travel on water

canoe - small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

cockleshell - a small light flimsy boat

coracle - a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain

dinghy, dory, rowboat - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

gig - long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

racing boat - a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing

skiff - any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

yawl - a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

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They waited in the hope of seeing it enter the harbor, but as the object on which they looked was driven nearer to shore by the wind, they found that it could at the most be a small boat, and not a ship.

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Without a moment's loss of time a small boat put off in the direction of its fall; some divers plunged into the water and attached ropes to the handles of the shell, which was quickly dragged on board.

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As they were thus proceeding, then, they discovered a small boat, without oars or any other gear, that lay at the water's edge tied to the stem of a tree growing on the bank.

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