From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
boating
n : water travel for pleasure [syn: yachting]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Boating.]
1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
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2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
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To boat the oars. See under Oar.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boating \Boat"ing\, n.
1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an
amusement; carriage in boats.
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2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying
them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to
perish.
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