Kayak
English Meaning
A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
- An Inuit or Eskimo boat consisting of a light wooden frame covered with watertight skins except for a single or double opening in the center, and propelled by a double-bladed paddle.
- A lightweight canoe that is similar in design.
- To go, travel, or race in a kayak.
- To go or travel on (a body of water) by kayak: kayaked rapids of the Colorado River.