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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
canoeing
noun
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▪ Andy would like to see canoeing increasing a lot but it needs marketing outside the trade through the national media.
▪ I think she and Phil were the nearest thing to soccer hooligans that canoeing can produce.
▪ Inland there are attractive narrow rivers for gentle canoeing.
▪ Since his tragic mishap, the former marathon runner has accomplished many projects including an outward bound course, abseiling and canoeing.
▪ The main aim is touring with Sundar tours, adventure canoeing, hostelling and camping holidays plus weekly pool sessions for beginners.
▪ The possibility of expanding into other areas outside canoeing is also being considered.
▪ There she will put her courage and dexterity to the test rock climbing, abseiling, sea kayaking, and canoeing.
▪ They do lots of fun outdoor activities like canoeing, hiking and camping.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
canoeing

canoeing \ca*noe"ing\ n. The act or art of using a canoe.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
canoeing

1870, verbal noun from canoe (v.). Related: Canoeist.

Wiktionary
canoeing

n. A water sport involving racing in canoes or kayaks. vb. (present participle of canoe English)

Wikipedia
Canoeing

Canoeing is a sport or recreational activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called a Canadian canoe.

An ancient mode of transportation, modern canoeing was established in the late 19th century. In 1924, canoeing associations from Austria, Germany, Denmark and Sweden founded the Internationalen Representation for Kanusport, forerunner of the International Canoe Federation. Canoeing became part of the Olympic Games at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

The main form of competitive sport was sprint canoe. Others include canoe polo, whitewater canoeing, canoe marathon, ICF canoe marathon, and playboating. National canoe associations include the American, Canadian, British, Scottish, and Welsh.

A recreational form of canoeing is canoe camping.

There are various types of canoeing differentiated on the basis of canoe and its features. Here are some of the different types of canoes:

Recreational Canoes: These are the most widely used canoes because of its light weight and durability. The material used for making these types of canoe is usually aluminium or plastic as its light is weight and reasonably strong. You can easily find recreational canoes at most sporting goods store or at your nearest lake on rent.

Intermediate or Advanced Canoes: These canoes are improved version of the standard canoes offering more comfort and better speeds. These are designed for the canoeing enthusiast who can use it for fishing or bird-watching.

Whitewater Canoes: These canoes are perfectly engineered and crafted for whitewater and river paddling. They offer better safety as you allow you to tie floatation bags which prevents the boat from sinking if it flips or takes water accidentally. They have higher sides which are also helpful in preventing water from entering into the boat. It is easier to turn these canoes sharply because of flat bottom.

Racing Canoes: These canoes are strictly designed for the professionals and sporting activities related to canoeing like racing. They are made of special materials like Kevlar, fiberglass or composite, that makes these canoes ultra-light weighted and super strong. They have different design from other canoes with narrower beams and closed decks for better tracking. These are classified into two groups: flatwater and whitewater racing canoes.

Usage examples of "canoeing".

In the late summer of 1982, four youths and two men were on a canoeing holiday in Banff National Park when they failed to return to their base camp at the end of the day.

Matthew and Mark and I have taken two blessed months canoeing and portaging from railhead, and it will take us about the same time to get back.

I do not look on this affair as anything more than canoeing in the woods.

It might be wolves, although they had not seen any signs of them while they were canoeing down the lakeshore.

This canoeing touches your gifts rather than mine, boy, though I will handle a paddle with the best Mingo that ever struck a salmon.

And isn't there water -- water -- water -- nothing but water for miles on miles in your rivers, that you have been canoeing through, too?

Jim in particular for invaluable technical and historical detail on hunting and trapping and canoeing in the bush.

Brendan said, raising his voice to quash their argumentativeness, "downhill and cross-country skiing, skidoo and other snow-based sports, canoeing and kayaking on designated rivers, trekking on foot or mounted, hunting and fishing.

He worked among Trekkies and canoeing fanatics, an ex-CIA agent and a world-class glazer of chocolate truffles.

If that meant he had to crouch here next to a crummy little warehouse of rusting sheet metal in South Central LA, hoping he wouldn't get shot and frying his sinuses when he could be hiking in the Sierras breathing air colder and cleaner than crystal, or canoeing in Glacier National Park,, or even just taking a break to help out on his brother's farm back in North Dakota, then so be it.

About the only thing I had learned about canoeing was to head into the part of the rapids that seemed to be moving the fastest, where the most white water was.