dory
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A small flat-bottomed boat with high sides you row
- noun
- /ˈdɔːri/
:
dólar
- He rowed the dory steadily across the calm lake, enjoying the peaceful scenery.
- rowing a dory
- fishing dory
- dory trips
Once, during a winter storm, his Dory was lost at sea.
- Once, during a winter storm, his Dory was lost at sea.
Examples
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Get that dory in the water.
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What's holding up that dory?
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I can take the dory out.
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You and me in that dory, huh?
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We take out the dory.
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Let's go out on the dory.
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Look, there's a dory tied to the back of this tub.
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Launch the dory.
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This is Manuel's dory.
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The early type of boat used by Bedeque oystermen was a common double-bow fishing dory, which was rowed or sailed to the beds.
Academic text (1996)
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Etymology
Dory for the small boat comes from a simple French or sailor word for a little craft that sailors brought into English. So today a dory is a light 'rowboat' with a flat bottom, high sides, and seats for rowing.