rowingships
nounUK /ˈrəʊɪŋ ʃɪps/
US /ˈroʊɪŋ ʃɪps/
Big boats that people make move by pulling long oars through the water.
The rowingships glided slowly across the calm bay.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Large historic warships propelled mainly by banks of rowers.
Ancient rowingships carried hundreds of rowers below deck.
3. Ships that use oars instead of sails or engines for movement.
Before engines, rowingships were common along the coast.
4. A poetic way to describe vessels moving steadily by human effort.
The rowingships crossed the dark sea through the night.