Real Dictionary

canoe
countable noun: A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.

canoe in American English
a narrow, light boat with its sides meeting in a sharp edge at each end: it is moved by one or more paddles
to paddle, or go in, a canoe
to transport by canoe
noun: any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usua

canoe in British English
noun: a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles