Four fisherman ashore saw the plane go down and took a 20-foot skiff out to sea.
From the post-gazette.com
The dhow, identified as bearing the name Salahaddin, was towing a smaller skiff.
From the cnn.com
I joined the others as we rolled backward in unison, a somersault off the skiff.
From the orlandosentinel.com
After the warning, the pirates used their skiff to return to their mother ship.
From the sacbee.com
Hendricks and I eventually swapped places, and I joined Stock aboard the skiff.
From the courier-journal.com
The skiff raced away but stopped when a sniper began firing shots across its bow.
From the guardian.co.uk
One night, my brother Bill and his wife were returning to their boat by skiff.
From the newsobserver.com
Browning leaps out of the skiff and quickly brings back the first duck of the day.
From the jsonline.com
Marin welcomed us aboard his panga, a shallow-draft wood-and-fiberglass skiff.
From the courier-journal.com
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Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
The term skiff is a type of small boat.
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Skiffing refers to the sporting and leisure activity of rowing (or more correctly sculling) a Thames skiff. ...
A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern; Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person; A light wind/rain/snow, etc; Used when referring to anyone (typically rednecks and fishermen) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they ...
A small, simple, shallow-draft boat.
E.g. 49er - A light open dinghy with a self draining hull.
A style prominent in the mid-twenties to mid thirties among exclusive European coach-builders. These were boat-tailed bodies, usually made of wood in a manner similar to conventional boats. The 'deck' resembled that of a boat and was frequently made of mahogany planks. ...
A very light roadster or tourer frequently of boat-like design (Gentile).