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swan boat

n. 1 A paddle boat. 2 A longboat similar to a dragon boat, traditional in Thailand.

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Swan boat (racing)

A swan boat is a very long and narrow human-powered boat used in the team paddling sport of swan boat racing. It is similar to dragon boat and is mainly practiced in Thailand. Swan boats are round-bottomed boats. They come in several lengths that hold 20, 40, and 60 paddlers in a side-by-side configuration.

Swan boat

Swan boat(s) may refer to:

  • Swan boat (racing), a type of boat originating in Thailand
  • Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a cultural icon of that city
  • Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a former ride at Magic Kingdom

Usage examples of "swan boat".

Before the swan boat had been on its slobbering way outward for more than five minutes, the sodium-yellow glare of the city's dockside beacon dimmed and vanished as swiftly as if it had ' been snuffed out.

Before the swan boat had been on its slobbering way outward for more than five minutes, the sodium-yellow glare of the citys dockside beacon dimmed and vanished as swiftly as if it had been snuffed out.

For the others, the train ride was like riding a swan boat, after the jolting and careening they had endured on the log-slab road.

When the swan boat picked him up, she could easily cover him with her thumbnail if she chose to.

I must go out and look at a swan boat some morning, or better still, later in the day.

As the swan boat swerved off the road to veer around the damage, Ellie Hatch's weeping sounded in my ear from two feet away: it was not the voice of the woman now speeding into the distance, but her voice as remembered by the child in the seat behind her.