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boating

  • noun
  • /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/

The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.

Other meanings

  1. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

Related words

  • nonboating
  • playboating
  • dragon boating
  • swifboating

Where this comes from

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