Canoe /(?)/

pl. Canoes

1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.

   Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.

2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

   A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.

3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.

imp. & p. p. Canoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing

1. To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.