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Definition of Rowable
1. a. That may be rowed, or rowed upon.
Definition of Rowable
1. Adjective. Capable of being rowed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rowable
1. row [adj] - See also: row
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowable
Literary usage of Rowable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... we owe : Whether the sea receiv'd into the shore, hat from the north, the
navie safe doth store, kingly worke ; or that long barren fen 'nee rowable, ..."
2. Manipulus vocabulorum: a rhyming dictionary of the English language by Peter Levens (1867)
"Poems, ed. Morris, C. 186. Route, v. to put to flight, 228 38 Hove, v. to rob,
179 3 Rove, to, about, 179 4 Roving, part. 43 9 rowable, adj. 3 11 Rowe, v. ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1887)
"Three qualities are especially demanded of the boat : that it should draw little
water, that it should turn easily, and that it should be rowable by one ..."
4. Venice by Mortimer Menpes, Dorothy Menpes (1904)
"It must draw but little water ; it must turn easily ; and it must be rowable by
one oarsman only. To secure this, the hull is built of light thin boards, ..."
5. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"The cat-rigged boat has the advantage of being rowable, in case of a calm.
Thole pins can be put into the gunwale for the purpose. ..."
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