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Synonyms for canoeing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-noo
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnu



Définition of canoeing

Origin :
  • 1870, verbal noun from canoe (v.). Related: Canoeist.
  • As in boating : noun travel, recreation in water
Example sentences :
  • Chief interests: painting, tenting, canoeing, and hunting in Maine.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • Yachting and canoeing are fine pastimes in this land of waterways.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • On the contrary, their experience in canoeing had hitherto been slight.
  • Extract from : « The Norsemen in the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Canoeing down the Licking, on the first day of August they crossed the Ohio.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • Therefore "canoeing 323 and carrying" is the method of transportation.
  • Extract from : « America, Volume IV (of 6) » by Joel Cook
  • The Cubs were still on the river, receiving instruction in canoeing.
  • Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • Personally I have never worn rainproof garments when canoeing.
  • Extract from : « Packing and Portaging » by Dillon Wallace
  • Isn't it a little risky, Miss Granger, for you to be canoeing alone in this mist?
  • Extract from : « Beatrice » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He did not jump up and down, because 249 he had not been waiting for the canoeing party.
  • Extract from : « Winona of the Camp Fire » by Margaret Widdemer
  • “She must have been canoeing and not driving, then,” observed Margaret.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Junior Days » by Nell Speed

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