English to French Meaning of skiff - skiff

Skiff :

skiff

noun

bateau, navire, arche, artisanat, bossoir

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Definitions of skiff in English

Noun(1) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

Examples of skiff in English

(1) To complete my journey, first to Naa, then to Tebua, I travel with Nakibae Teuatabo's son Kabiea, who sits in the stern of our skiff .(2) The other local fishermen go out and look at Santiago's skiff and measure the length of the marlin's skeleton.(3) He is moderately stern, but amused when Billy stands in the skiff and waves good-bye to his merchant sailor friends.(4) Sitting on the stern of the skiff I swung my legs into the boat then made myself comfortable in one of the padded seats.(5) A punt is a small, flat-bottomed skiff that is steered with a long, gondolier-style pole that grapples the muddy river bottom with the hook at its end.(6) Instead of days and nights on the river in a cool rickety skiff , we get half an hour in a common rowboat.(7) Travel is, as described by Bruce, by ├ö├ç├┐very, very small plane or skiff .├ö├ç├û(8) The next morning we motored out into the swamp in a tiny aluminum skiff .(9) We used our VHF radio and phoned ahead, then caught up with the Royal Polaris skiff near 11 a.m.(10) We head offshore, speeding across deeper water, but another skiff off our starboard bow seems to have the same idea.(11) A heavy skiff is launched off the seiner's stern to anchor its enormous net.(12) We shan't go another voyage on this measly skiff , Captain Gennady orated.(13) The next day we were to leave on an open skiff down the Paraguay River for New Germany.(14) The sleek Graght skiff had no trouble matching them move for move.(15) Using fast moving skiffs , the Coast Guard would quickly intercept the protesters to keep them from interfering with the off-loading operation.(16) Far more satisfying, however, was picking off the slower vessels that had started before us: the lumbering dories, skiffs , and wherries.

Related Phrases of skiff

Related Phrases of skiff

Synonyms

1. shallop ::

chalouppe

2. skiff ::

skiff

3. small boat ::

petit bateau

4. dug-out ::

pirogue

5. boat ::

bateau

6. ship ::

navire

7. ark ::

arche

8. craft ::

artisanat

9. davit ::

bossoir

Different Forms

skiff, skiffs

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