Ca*noe" (?), n.; pl. Canoes (#). [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canßoa.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
Raleigh.