boatingn.
/ˈbəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ 1. † b. Scottish. Passage by boat. Obsolete.
a. Originally Scottish. The action of transporting something by boat; (also esp. in early use) the action of loading something on to a boat in preparation for transportation. Cf. shipping n.1 4.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > by specific type of craft
boating1504
keeling1591
barging1901
1504 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 276 Item, for carying of this irn abone writin to Leith and for boting of it, xvjd.
1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 475 For bering of thaim [sc. spars] to the schor and boittyn.
1572 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 191, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Boting Dismonting of the artailȝerie & boting of the samin.
1636 Welwood's Abridgem. Sea-lawes (new ed.) xxix. 244 Item, it is ordained, for the easier boating and landing of men and beasts, that Ferriers make, and have ready, fit and convenient bridges, or else to lose their Boats.
1804 Sydney Gaz. 4 Mar. 3 I..made an excursion towards Hawkesbury to see it [sc. a quantity of grain] prepared for boating.
1877 Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers to Secretary of War (House of Representatives) I. App. T. 662 The boating of stone ceased September 10.
1900 Derrick's Hand-bk. Petroleum II. 439 Boom times were then in vogue, and the boating of oil was one of the many remunerative occupations followed by many men.
1992 J. R. Gibson in O. W. Frost Bering & Cherikov 109 The water level of the Urak had been too low all summer to allow the boating of supplies.
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a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 707 Taking the first convenient boiteing com by watter to Westminster.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 711 We tuik boitting the 2 of July.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > leaving to perish in boat
boating1739
1739 E. Button Rudim. Anc. Hist. ii. ix. 172 Punishment of Boating.
1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XVIII. 172 He condemned him to a punishment of his own devising, and such a one as hath been unpractised, and unheard..in any nation, antient or modern, if we except the old Persian one of boating, from which he probably took the hint.
3.
a. The action or practice of travelling by boat. Also occasionally: a journey by boat.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > boating
boating1788
1788 A. Falconbridge Acct. Slave Trade 18 Another mode of procuring slaves..by what they term boating..The sailors..go in boats up the rivers, seeking for negroes.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 424 Bad luck attends and ends Boatings down the Bosphorus!
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. ix. 92 We came to the end of our boating.
1990 Drug Testing & Privacy (Privacy Commissioner Canada) 14 The use of a drug in conjunction with some activities, of course, can result in a criminal offence (for example, impaired driving, flying or boating).
b. The action or practice of rowing or sailing in boats as a sport or form of recreation. Also: an instance of this; a recreational trip or ride on a boat.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > yachting and sailing > [noun]
sailinga1649
yacht-sailing1833
boating1835
yachting1836
pleasure-boating1851
1835 J. H. Brady Epistolary Guide xii. 16 I am not aware that they are so fond of boating as they were then (the accidents that have happened to both Etonians and Westminsterians may have assisted to diminish its popularity).
1869 Sci. Amer. 19 June 388/3 Those who are on their feet a great deal, need not go on fishing excursions, or hunting, or boatings, or cricket plays, or base balls; they need muscular rest.
1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 45 Boating..is a manly and characteristically British exercise.
1907 Overland Monthly June 538/1 Counting the moments he had spent with her, the walks, the picnics, the boatings, the bicycle rides.
1964 Times 11 June 13/4 In Hyde Park..bathing, boating, and riding are provided for the populace. What would the questioned citizen suggest for betterment?
2000 Cornish World Oct. 31/2 There are three lakes for boating and swimming, and many miles of hiking trails—all patrolled by a corps of park rangers.
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C1. General attributive, now esp. in sense 3b, as boating holiday, boating place, etc.
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1637 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 29 We order also, yt eury man yt hath lott wth us, shall assist to breng the Milstones..vnto ye boateing place.
1685 J. R. Trumbull Hist. Northampton, Mass. (1898) I. xxxi. 385 Transportation to the boating place below the ffalls.
1755 N.Y. Gaz. 21 Apr. (advt.) in New Jersey Archives (1897) XIX. 488 A House with One Room..very convenient for Shop-Keeping and Boating Business.
1798 E. Arthy Seaman's Med. Advocate v. 205 The seamen might be greatly preserved, in the boating duty, by providing them with good huts to shelter and sleep in.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. v. 44 We were on a boating expedition.
1881 W. E. Norris Matrimony I. 290 To change his boating flannels.
1890 Sc. Geogr. Mag. Nov. 615 Indispensable to the novice if a quiet undisturbed boating holiday is the object in view.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 10/3 During the spring of 1908 a boating club was formed by a number of the residents of Oak Bay.
1955 H. Carter First Person Rural (1963) xxii. 214 Planned a spring boating weekend with the skipper of the Sea Scouts.
1992 Holiday Which? May 137/1 You slowly settle into the easy, almost somnambulant mood that permeates a boating holiday.
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boating hat n. a hat worn for boating; spec. = boater n. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of
Dunstable1805
Leghorn1810
skimmer1830
Tuscan hat1830
boating hat1840
mushroom1843
Milan hat1855
toering1855
bergère hat1873
Zulu hat1880
boater1882
boat hat1889
straw yard1900
donkey's breakfast1901
brimmer1902
straw boater1905
balibuntal1913
1840 Morning Post 8 Oct. My straw boating-hat, which I still hope to see again on the Abbey river.
1901 Amer. Hatter May 109/2 One of the novelties is a stitched silk boating-hat, in a wide-awake shape.
2011 D. Smith Bright & Distant Shores ix. 104 His boating hat came off and blew, end over end, onto the tracks.
boating lake n. a lake, often one which is man-made, used for recreational boating; cf. sense 3b.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types
pene-lake1668
salina1697
slough1714
salt lake1763
bayou1766
lagoon1769
cut-off1773
prairie1820
maar1826
boating lake1834
serpentine1837
soda lake1839
bitter lake1843
stream-lake1867
shott1878
crater-lake1879
playa1885
oxbow lake1887
kettle-hole lake1902
mortlake1902
oxbow1902
seepage lake1934
paternoster lake1942
soda pan1976
1834 R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies I. vii. 379 Describing Colombo fort, the race course, the boating lake, and the pleasures of living outside the fort, exposed to the sea breeze.
1913 W. Drury & A. Drury Calif. Tourist Guide & Handbk. ix. 143 This park contains..playgrounds with swings and a merry-go-round, a zoo and a boating lake.
2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 290 There's a cafeteria on the edge of the Serpentine in Hyde Park..that's been built from moulded concrete so the veranda hangs over the boating lake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
boatingadj.
/ˈbəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ Travelling by boat; engaging in boating, esp. as a leisure activity.Often difficult to distinguish with certainty from attributive uses of the noun (cf. boating n. Compounds 1).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [adjective] > fond of or addicted to boating
boaty1860
boating1868
1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 20 Dec. 372/3 Three minutes' observation will serve to convince the onlooker that the French are not a maritime—not a boating people.
1868 S. W. Fullom Time will Tell III. xxix. 287 Now you tell me about him. Is he a sporting gent, or a boating gent?
1886 L. D. Nichols Nelly Marlow in Washington ix. 204 Anna..played with a pretty little brown ball of a baby-rabbit which one of the boating boys had found.
1944 Life 3 Apr. 69/1 (advt.) When peace has been won, you can look to Elco to translate its revolutionary design and production techniques into new standards of efficiency and economy for the boating public.
1973 B. Lyle Let's Visit Eng. 74 For boating holiday-makers who enjoy seeing some of England's most interesting towns, there are the canals and the many navigable rivers.
1998 J. Webster Fingernail Moon iv. 53 The willow-lined River Avon flows gently through the city, carrying boating students.
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boating man n. now chiefly historical an oarsman, a rower.Chiefly with reference to rowing practised as a sport at various universities. Frequently in contrast with a cricketer or baseball player.
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1848 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 64 And the ‘boating man’ gave up his oar, And the ‘batting man’ his cricket, And fellows came down in cap and gown, Every man for his ticket.
1866 Collegian (Harvard Univ.) 9 Mar. 2/1 The base-ball bats begin to rattle; the muscular boating-men are discussing plans for the coming season.
1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. xv. 290 The start was what boating-men call a ‘spurt.’
1884 J. Hatton in Harper's Mag. July 229/2 Many of the students who have most distinguished themselves in their latter days have been celebrated as boating men and cricketers.
1906 Oxf. Mag. 24 Jan. 145/2 A fine specimen, then, of the English race and Oxford boating man, and a capital comrade.
1992 N. Wigglesworth Social Hist. Eng. Rowing v. 94 In Manchester, the proletarian boating man had been well catered for since 1839 when Mary Ann's boathouse opened near Victoria Bridge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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