plural dories
: a flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides, sharp bow, and deep V-shaped transom
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French and Portuguese otter trawlers began to work the Grand Banks, while Newfoundlanders continued to fish inshore in traditional ways (although many now had motors on their dories).
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
More boats were gathering: a center console with dual Yamahas, other canoes of varying sizes (including one painted to resemble a scaly serpent), some kayaks, a rowing dory, a couple of Hobie cats.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
In the nineteenth century the American, French, and Portuguese bankers began to fish from dories, fanning out from their schooner at dawn, or what passed for dawn in the perpetual fog on the banks, and coming back with a boatload of fish.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis.
—Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
More boats were gathering: a center console with dual Yamahas, other canoes of varying sizes (including one painted to resemble a scaly serpent), some kayaks, a rowing dory, a couple of Hobie cats.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
In the nineteenth century the American, French, and Portuguese bankers began to fish from dories, fanning out from their schooner at dawn, or what passed for dawn in the perpetual fog on the banks, and coming back with a boatload of fish.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis.
—Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
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dory
noun
do·ry
ˈdōr-ē 
ˈdȯr-
plural dories
: a boat with a flat bottom, high sides that curve upward and outward, and a sharp bow
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