boating en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈboʊ̯ɾɪŋ] (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈboʊtɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
With the old boatmen holding annual re-unions at Rolling Green Park, tales and exciting moments of boatings and fishing in the old canal are told and re-told among veteran boatmen.
1953, Pennsylvania Angler, volumes 22-23, page 61:I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe, volume 1, page 95:
- (countable, historical, uncountable) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boatings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dragon boating · playboating · swifboating · nonboating
Translations (3)
ga bádóireacht (The activity of going out in a boat) · fi veneily (The activity of going out in a boat) · bg гребане (The activity of going out in a boat)