small boat

/smɔl boʊt/

/smɔl bəʊt/

Other forms: small boats

Definitions of small boat

1. noun

   a boat that is small
   types:

   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)

   kayak

   a light, narrow recreational boat propelled with a double-bladed paddle

   birch bark, birchbark, birchbark canoe

   a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree

   dugout, dugout canoe, pirogue

   a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

   jolly, jolly boat

   a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

   kayak

   a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by the Inuit people

   outrigger canoe

   a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting

   racing gig

   a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen

   rowing boat

   a rowboat

   sampan

   an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars

   racing shell, shell

   a very light narrow racing boat

   wherry

   light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors

   type of:

   boat

   a small vessel for travel on water