What is another word for skiffs?

Pronunciation: [skˈɪfs] (IPA)

Skiffs are shallow watercrafts that are usually propelled by oars or small engines. Some of the synonyms for skiffs include dinghies, canoes, and rowboats. Dinghies are small boats that are typically used for transporting people and supplies between a larger vessel and the shore. Canoes are open boats that have pointed ends and are propelled with paddles. Rowboats are small boats that are generally propelled using oars and have a flat bottom. Other synonyms for skiffs include kayaks, jonboats, and punts. While all these boats serve similar purposes as skiffs, they have unique features and designs that set them apart from one another.

What are the hypernyms for Skiffs?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Skiffs

On the river white-sailed skiffs, chugging launches, gaudy canoes and more sober rowboats darted and drifted across the sunlit water.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
The townspeople were running about upon the strand, some offering their skiffs to convey the officers on board the ships, some helping to swing the bullocks into the barges, and others shouting and hallooing apparently from the disinterested love of noise.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
To the land-locked Bay of Stromness which was full of ships of all sizes, of schooners, and of little skiffs painted a light green colour like the pleasure skiffs of Kirkwall.
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Famous quotes with Skiffs

  • Gentle powers, forbear! Twere worse than all my miseries foreseen Should my huge wreck suck down the friendly skiffs That proffer'd aid. Oh! would that Jupiter Had hurl'd me to the deep of Erebus, Where neither god nor man might pity me.
    Hartley Coleridge

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