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boater Definition

boater (bōtər)

noun

  1. a stiff hat of braided straw, with a flat crown and brim
  2. a person who boats

Etymology: boat + -er: orig. worn when boating

boater Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • encourage: Such a system might encourage new boaters who already own small or portable boats.
  • pass: Passing boater said that moorings still available in Cambrian Wharf area.
  • visit: Our voyage up the Avon started at its junction with the Severn where a short length of water takes visiting boaters to Avon Lock.
  • wear: Between the ages of 10 and 13, Martin stood outside the front gates wearing a straw boater and bow tie while selling guidebooks.
  • represent: The review is taking place as a result of a co-ordinated request from a number of organizations representing boaters, including IWA.
  • ask: British Waterways have asked boaters proposing to travel through the area to alter their plans.

Converse of subject

  • operate: This is electrically operated by boaters using the BW facilities key.

Adjective modifier

  • straw: Only boaters you see in Henley are straw boaters.
  • recreational: All marine businesses will produce some sort of waste and the majority of recreational boaters will produce waste whilst on the water.
  • experienced: Now we can really say we are experienced boaters.
  • floating: The Floating Boater is based in Little Venice in the very heart of London.
  • residential: Never the less BW are forcing eviction of the artisans and residential boaters from this essential site tommorrow Friday the 29th July 2005.
  • fellow: We enjoyed a walk around town and a chat with fellow boaters.

Modifies a noun

  • paddle: Shock cruise river vanishing USA River Cruises the first boaters paddle along.
  • hat: The small boy with the flag ( behind the man in the boater hat ) is Arthur Baden Powell Hey.
  • facility: Extended disruption due to works in the basin are putting undue pressure on the boaters facilities.

Noun used with modifier

  • pleasure: These went across river to Runcorn, leaving West Bank for the pleasure boaters.
  • leisure: At the moment leisure boaters in the UK fill up with red diesel, a fuel taxed at a lower rate than roadside diesel.
  • canal: Oxford River Working canal boaters term for the Thames above Reading.

Possessives

  • term: Mud Box Working boater's term for the water intake filter on the engine cooling system.

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