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Meaning of BOATING

Pronunciation:  'bowting

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  water travel for pleasure
 

BOATING is a 7 letter word that starts with B.

 

 Synonyms: yachting
 
 See Also: seafaring, water travel

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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