From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrowing boatrowing boat /ˈrəʊɪŋ bəʊt $ ˈroʊɪŋ boʊt/ noun [countable] British EnglishTTW a small boat that you move through the water with oars (=long poles that are flat at the end) SYN row boat American English
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rowing boat• A few minutes later I heard the splash of oars, and a rowing boat came into view manned by three crewmen.• At the water's edge a rowing boat was beached.• A scruffy card showed a rowing boat floating towards a bank.• They went to Chester and wandered round the medieval Rows, then took a rowing boat on the River Dee.• Eventually they grow tired of this and decide to take the little wooden rowing boat out on to the lake. 