Definitions
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- noun The art of managing a boat.
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- noun The art of managing a
boat .
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- noun skill in handling boats
Etymologies
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Examples
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With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach.
A SON OF THE SUN 2010
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Certain it was that The Big Mallard was the supreme test of courage and boatmanship.
The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916
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With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach.
A Son of the Sun 1912
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With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach.
A Son Of The Sun Jack London 1896
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They greatly improved his boatmanship, and strengthened his growing muscles.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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