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skiff

noun

: any of various small boats
especially : a flat-bottomed rowboat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web When some islanders made off with a skiff and other goods, Magellan retaliated mercilessly, killing several villagers and burning scores of houses and boats. Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 Searchers found the 16-foot Lund skiff that the pair left in at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, overturned in the river. Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022 The rookie, heeding the advance warning, was wearing sandals, in anticipation of getting wet, but the tide turned out to be high enough that the captain was able to nose the skiff’s bow up to dry sand for a soft landing. Ben Mcgrath, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Board a skiff on the Samiria River to catch paiche, a large carp-like fish. Laura Manske, Forbes, 15 July 2022 Mayer put on his Dodgers hat, gathered up his sons West and Van, hopped in a skiff on Upper Twin Lake and launched a little Mammoth Lakes family adventure. Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 Teams entered in the National Boatbuilding Challenge construct a 12-foot wooden skiff in less than four hours, then compete in a rowing race. Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022 Nicolas Malleville and Francesca Bonato are bobbing in the sea clinging to their family skiff, their children—Leon, 12, Santos, 6, and Fleur, 3—all perched inside, their dog Maximus treading water beside them. Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 On mornings with light wind, the scientists set out in an 18-foot skiff to look for dolphins near where the Potomac River empties into the bay. Christina Larson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English skif, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scip ship

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skiff was in the 15th century

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