canoe

Определение canoe в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: An oversize, usually older, luxury car; To ride or paddle a canoe; A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends; {n} a small boat made of bark; A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage; A long, light, narrow boat with sharp ends and curved sides It is usually propelled by hand-driven paddles The Lheidli T’enneh hollowed out two-thirds of the diameter of a poplar-tree trunk to make a canoe The resulting upper edges were forced out by means of cross-bars that were made gradually larger until the canoe had attained the requisite width; A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages; A small boat propelled with a single blade paddle, from a kneeling position in sprint and whitewater competition Touring and marathon paddlers normally sit Touring, sprint and most marathon canoes are undecked; many whitewater canoes are decked, and may appear to be kayaks Canoes are derived from the birch bark canoes of North America L–R above: touring canoe, about 5m long; Sprint C1, 520cm long, 75cm beam; Marathon TC1 The term ‘canoeing’ often refers to kayaking as well; An open craft with pointed ends that is propelled with a single-bladed paddle Also called an "open boat "; To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe; It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder; small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle; A boat made from a wood frame, covered with birch bark and made waterproof with resin (sap) from pine or balsam trees It was very light and manoeuverable; Broadly speaking, any paddle-propelled craft with two pointed ends, which includes kayaks But the word is often used to mean a Canadian canoe; A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape; small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal; an typically open boat propelled with a single bladed paddle from a kneeling position Contrast with kayak, a decked boat propelled with a two-bladed paddle from seated position; a construction element of modern three-point hydroplanes, including sponson, chines, and air trap full length from bow to stern, molded as one piece; travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"; A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle. a long light boat that is pointed at both ends and which you move along using a paddle paddle your own canoe paddle (5) (canoa, from ). to travel by canoe. Lightweight boat pointed at both ends and propelled by one or more paddles. The earliest canoes had light frames of wood covered by tightly stretched tree bark. The birchbark canoe was first used by the Algonquian Indians in what is now the northeastern U.S. and Canada, and its use passed westward. Canoes were often about 20 ft (6 m) in length, though war canoes might be as long as 100 ft (30 m). The dugout canoe, made from a hollowed-out log, was used by Indians in what is now the southeastern U.S. and along the Pacific coast as far north as Canada, as well as by peoples in Africa and New Zealand. Modern canoes are made of wood, canvas over wood frames, aluminum, and molded plastic or fibreglass. Most are open from end to end, but the kayak is also considered a canoe. See also canoeing; A light narrow boat made of bark, aluminum, or fiberglass A paddle is used to steer and move it; Taino word for canoe; {f} travel in a canoe, paddle a canoe; {i} light narrow boat propelled by paddles; A narrow open boat, pointed on both ends, propelled by paddling with an oar; A canoe is a small narrow boat which you can propel through the water using a paddle; It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast; kanuu
canoeing: Present participle of canoe
canoeing: A water sport involving racing in canoes or kayaks
outrigger canoe: A seagoing canoe having one or more lateral support floats to provide stability
birchbark canoe: a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree
canoeing: The act or art of using a canoe
canoeing: Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe. They went canoeing in the wilds of Canada. the sport of travelling in a canoe. Use of a canoe or kayak for recreation or competition. Both types of boat are used in water touring, in speed competitions, and in white-water sport, or navigation through rapids (which includes, in the case of kayaks, ocean surf). The Scottish philanthropist John MacGregor (1825-1892) is traditionally credited with establishing the modern outdoor activity of canoeing in the 1860s. Canoeing events became part of the Olympic Games in 1936 (1948 for women). In addition to various singles, pairs, and team still-water events for distance and speed, there are white-water racing competitions and, for kayaks, slalom events involving the use of gates similar to those of slalom skiing
canoeing: {i} action of travelling by canoe
canoeing: Present participle of "to canoe", meaning engaged in the act of paddling a canoe for recreation or transportation"
canoeist: A person who travels by canoe
canoeist: {i} one who travels in a canoe, one who paddles a canoe
canoeist: A canoeman
canoeist: someone paddling a canoe
canoeist: A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe
canoes: Third person singular simple present of canoe
canoes: Plural of canoe
dugout canoe: a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
outrigger canoe: a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting
paddle your own canoe: be independent and rely on yourself, act without dependence on another person or thing and decide your own destiny