Synonyms for skiff
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : skif |
Phonetic Transcription : skɪf |
Définition of skiff
Origin :- "small boat," 1570s, from French esquif (1540s), from Italian schifo "little boat," from a Germanic source (e.g. Old High German scif "boat;" see ship (n.)). Originally the small boat of a ship.
- noun boat
- Laurent selected a skiff, which appeared so light that Camille was terrified by its fragility.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- The skiff left the bank, advancing slowly towards the isles.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- In about ten minutes we had him in the skiff rowing off to the Patience M.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He jumped to the stern and caught hold of the skiff's painter.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I p'inted the skiff the way she'd ought to go and laid to the oars.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There were only two oars in the skiff, but I could get on perfectly well with one.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I swung into the channel and set the skiff's bow against the current.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Then, wading along the slippery bank, I brought her to the skiff.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- All the way home I kept my gaze fixed on the bottom boards of the skiff.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The headway of the skiff was slow, but my efforts were not silent.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
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