\Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. {Canoes}. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean
can['a]oa.]
1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
   excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape.
   It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by
   sail, and has no rudder.
         Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
         canoe.                                --Raleigh.
2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
         A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
         water.                                --Longfellow.
3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
   who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It
   it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a
   temporary mast.

\Ca*noe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canoed}p. pr. & vb. n.
{Canoeing}.]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.