Converse of object

• have: They had a pretty fast skiff which was just like a rowing boat with outboard engines fitted.

• use: To use the skiffs, call me to arrange access.

• take: So he locked me in and took the skiff, and started off towing the raft about half- past three.

• come: Right then along comes a skiff with two men in it with guns, and they stopped and I stopped.

Preposition: with

• man: Right then along comes a skiff with two men in it with guns, and they stopped and I stopped.

Adjective modifier

• traditional: Back on the waters This traditional skiff or long rowing boat was built at William Cory's barge yard in Charlton.

• little: There was one solitary man rowing a little skiff across a lake.

• small: Fishing in a small skiff, just off the edge of the reef, we experienced light tackle sport at its best.

• flat-bottomed: You can get up close in a flat-bottomed skiff - but prepare yourself for a pretty nerve-wracking experience.

• light: The Stealth boats we use are light aluminum skiffs called Sea Ark's which are powered with 10HP or 15HP engines.

• wooden: Shorter inland journeys would have been made in smaller wooden skiffs.

Modifies a noun

• sailing: The committee boats and safety boats on the water were given a feast of skilled skiff sailing by the cream of our sailing youth.

• lock: In the same year, the tiny skiff lock was added especially for pleasure craft.

Noun used with modifier

• rowing: The boats consisted of two heavy ship's dinghies and two light rowing skiffs.

• camping: Another novelty boat was encountered near Lechlade in the form of a camping skiff.