boating — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.

   More examples (1)

   With the old boatmen holding annual re-unions at Rolling Green Park, tales and exciting moments of boatings and fishing in the old canal are told and re-told among veteran boatmen.

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Historical
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. water travel for pleasure

   Synonyms

   yachting

   Broader terms

   water travelseafaring