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Boating definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOATING, ppr. Transporting in boats.
BOATING, n. The act of practice of transporting in boats.
1. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders by laying them on the back in a boat which is covered, where they perish.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: water travel for pleasure [syn: boating, yachting]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. rowing or sailing in boats as a sport or form of recreation.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Boating Boat"ing, n. 1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats. 2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Boat Boat (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb. n. Boating.] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. 2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. To boat the oars. See under Oar.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Boating is travelling on a lake or river in a small boat for pleasure. You can go boating or play tennis... They were killed in a boating accident. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

Moby Thesaurus

canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising, gunkholing, motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation, passage-making, periplus, rowing, sailing, sculling, sea travel, seafaring, steaming, travel by water, voyaging, water travel, yachting